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postheroic

adj

Etymology

From post- + heroic.

  1. borrowed from hērōicus
  2. borrowed from heroïque
  3. prefixed as postheroic — “post + heroic”

Definitions

  1. After the decline of classical heroes.

    • They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA