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Antihero

//ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make them a hero (or her a heroine) wordnet

Etymology

From anti- + hero.

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