Postheroic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    After the decline of classical heroes. not-comparable

    "They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society."

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"They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society."

Etymology

From post- + heroic.

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