antihero
[an-tee-heer-oh, an-tahy-]
- 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.
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Origin of antihero
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Contemporary Examples
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.
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antihero
- a central character in a novel, play, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
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