antihero

See also: anti-hero

English

WOTD – 26 October 2010

Alternative forms

anti-hero

Etymology

From anti- +‎ hero.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/
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Noun

antihero (plural antiheroes)

(literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
Synonym: unhero
- 2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers:
  Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.

Derived terms

Related terms

anti-villain
counterhero
false protagonist
false hero

Translations

protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner

Afrikaans: antiheld m
Albanian: antiheroi m
Arabic: بَطِل مُخَالِفٌ لِلْعُرْفِ (baṭil muḵālifun lilʕurfi), بَطِل مُزَيَّفٌ (baṭil muzayyafun), أَنْتِيهِيرُو (ʔantīhīrū)
Armenian: հակահերոս (hy) (hakaheros)
Basque: antiheroi
Belarusian: антыгерой (antyhjerój)
Bengali: অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক (o-naẏkōcito naẏok)
Bulgarian: антигеро́й (antigerój)
Catalan: antiheroi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反英雄 (zh) (fǎnyīngxióng)
Czech: antihrdina m
Dutch: antiheld (nl) m, antiheldin f
Esperanto: kontraŭheroo
Estonian: antikangelane
Finnish: antisankari (fi), pahis (fi)
French: antihéros (fr) m, anti-héros (fr) m
Galician: antiheroe m
German: Antiheld (de) m
Greek: αντιήρωας (el) m (antiíroas)
Ido: antiheroo
Irish: frith-laoch, ana-laoch
Italian: antieroe (it) m
Japanese: 反英雄 (はんえいゆう, han'eiyū), アンチヒーロー (anchihīrō), ダークヒーロー (dākuhīrō)
Kazakh: антиқаһарман (antiqaharman), анти-қаһарман (anti-qaharman)
Korean: 반영웅(反英雄) (ko) (banyeong'ung)
Latin: antiheros, contra heros
Latvian: antivaronis
Lithuanian: antiherojus
Macedonian: антихе́рој m (antihéroj), антихерои́на f (antiheroína)
Norwegian: antihelt m
Persian: ضدقهرمان (fa), ناقهرمان (fa)
Polish: antybohater (pl) m, antybohaterka f
Portuguese: anti-herói (pt) m
Romanian: antierou m, erou negativ m
Russian: антигеро́й (ru) m (antigerój)
Scottish Gaelic: ana-gaisgeach m
Spanish: antihéroe (es) m
Swahili: shujaa wa upande wa mbaya, shujaa hasi
Swedish: antihjälte c
Tagalog: kontrabayani, kontrabida
Tamil: எதிரானவீரன் (etirāṉavīraṉ), ஆண்டிஹீரோ (āṇṭihīrō)
Turkish: antikahraman
Ukrainian: антигеро́й (antyherój)
Urdu: انٹی ہیرو m
Vietnamese: phản anh hùng (vi) (反英雄)

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