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antihero

[ an-tee-heer-oh, an-tahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural an·ti·he·roes.

a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.

antihero

/ ˈæntɪˌhɪərəʊ /

a central character in a novel, play, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues

First recorded in 1705–15; anti- + hero

What could have been yet another instance of cheap cable carnality—the irresistible male antihero!

Everyone has a theory on how Mad Men will end, and one of the most popular is that our suave, slick antihero will die.

I also want to say that there's a degree to which we never really thought of this as an antihero show.

So when he graduated from antihero to pop stalwart in the mid-aughts, the rap world largely lost interest.

At Last is the fifth novel about Patrick Melrose, St Aubyn's unhappy and self-absorbed antihero.

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