antiheroism
- a word derived from antihero.
Example Sentences
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The action sequences, simultaneously thrilling, slapstick and bathetic, served the larger purpose of “Barry,” to tell the story of an antihero without celebrating his antiheroism.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
In a TV landscape suffused with difficult, semi-philosophical programs, One Day at a Time has no dark nights of the soul, no jagged dramedic turns, no plot twists, no prestige antiheroism.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2019
But until a golden opportunity for antiheroism presents itself, it’s what I’ve got.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016
It was an astonishing marriage of the self-deprecating comedy he finds so easy to access and the antiheroism of Don Draper.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2015
It was eventually Hoffman's antiheroism that made him an antistar.
From Time Magazine Archive
