Anti-villain
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An antagonist who has or may have noble or honorable aims, but pursues them destructively.
"As much the anti-hero initially as Thorpe is anti-villain, Tinley's function in the first volume is to expose to Catherine various modes of triviality and affectation."
Example
More examples"As much the anti-hero initially as Thorpe is anti-villain, Tinley's function in the first volume is to expose to Catherine various modes of triviality and affectation."
Etymology
From anti- + villain.
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