antiheroic

English

Etymology

antihero +‎ -ic or anti- +‎ heroic

Adjective

antiheroic (comparative more antiheroic, superlative most antiheroic)

  1. (narratology) Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
    • 2008 June 8, J. Hoberman, “When Chaplin Became the Enemy”, in New York Times‎:
      “Monsieur Verdoux” may once again be timely, but the audacity of its statement derives less from Chaplin’s antiwar polemic than from his antiheroic pose.

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