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Tragic flaw

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  1. 1
    A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.

    "When a heroine's tragic flaw takes the form of uncontrollable love for an outlaw, the paths of momentary glory can lead but to defeat."

  2. 2
    the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to their downfall wordnet

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