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antiheroic
[ an-tee-hi-roh-ik, an-tahy- ]
adjective
- (of a protagonist) possessing the characteristics of an anti-hero.
- (of a literary work) having an antihero as its protagonist.
Word History and Origins
Origin of antiheroic1
Example Sentences
In-jokes fly fast and furious — as do adamantium claws and tart asides — as the antiheroic mashup doubles down on fandom, not plot, character or catharsis.
At a time when antiheroic leads, with the outsize exception of Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker, were a rarity on television comedies, Mr. Coleman’s distinctly unlikable Bill Bittinger on “Buffalo Bill” was an exception.
Stalking the thrust stage of the Griffin Theater at the Shed with an awkward lope, his mouth fixed in a perpetual grimace, Fiennes applies a hypnotic antiheroic varnish to the man who remade New York’s byways, parklands and beachfronts.
The pop star also launched the #TSAntiHeroChallenge, a soon-to-be viral social media trend that directs fans to share their antiheroic traits remixed with the lyrics “It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem. It’s me.”
For her part, Spalding might see all the work of the past few years as feeding into a larger project, given how much the collaborative, antiheroic approach of “Iphigenia” comports with her solo work.
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