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.
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Anti-villain
Synonyms for "anti-villain"
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22 translations across 20 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- antimaskarai noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Armenian
1 entries- հակաչարագործ noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 反奸角 noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反惡棍角色 /反恶棍角色 noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Czech
1 entries- antipadouch noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Esperanto
2 entries- kontraŭfiulo noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
- kontraŭmaliculo noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
French
1 entries- anti-méchant noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
German
2 entries- Antibösewicht noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
- Antischurke noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Greek
1 entries- αντικακός noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Italian
1 entries- anticattivo noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Japanese
1 entries- 反悪役 noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Korean
1 entries- 반악당 noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Polish
1 entries- antyzłoczyńca noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Portuguese
1 entries- anti-vilão noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Romanian
1 entries- antiticălos noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Russian
1 entries- антизлодей noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Spanish
1 entries- anti-villano noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Swedish
1 entries- antiskurk noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Turkish
1 entries- anti-kötü adam noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chống phản diện noun (antagonist who have noble goals)
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The rise of the anti-hero as the protagonist of much of modern fiction was accompanied by the rise of what one might call the “anti-villain,” ironically understood as more interesting than his heroic counterpart.
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