Definition of Antihero

1. Noun. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).

Generic synonyms: Agonist, Protagonist

Definition of Antihero

1. Noun. (literature gaming) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antihero

1. a protagonist who is notably lacking in heroic qualities [n -ROES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antihero

antihemophilic
antihemophilic factor
antihemophilic factor B
antihemophilic globulin B
antihemophilic plasma
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic factor
antihemorrhagic vitamin
antihemorrhagics
antihepatoma
antihepatotoxic
antiherbivore
antihero (current term)
antiheroes
antiheroic
antiheroically
antiheroine
antiheroines
antiheroism
antiherpes
antiherpesvirus
antiherpetic
antiherpetics
antihidrotic
antihierarchical
antihierarchy
antihighway

Literary usage of Antihero

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm by Richard M. Swain (1999)
"Pagonis is short, peripatetic, dynamic, a Greek fighting cock, albeit with a sense of humor that can remind an onlooker of the antihero on the television ..."

2. Trouble in Paradise? Europe in the 21st Century by Steven Philip Kramer, Irene Kyriakopoulos (1996)
"Ross Perot showed that someone with money and a telegenic personality (in this case, telegenic in an antihero kind of way), could score 17 percent of the ..."

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