Antihero
/ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
"Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality."
- 2 a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make them a hero (or her a heroine) wordnet
Example
More examples"Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality."
Etymology
From anti- + hero.