antiheroic

English

Etymology

From antihero +‎ -ic or anti- +‎ heroic.

Adjective

antiheroic (comparative more antiheroic, superlative most antiheroic)

1. (narratology) Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
   • 2008 June 8, J. Hoberman, “When Chaplin Became the Enemy”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Monsieur Verdoux” may once again be timely, but the audacity of its statement derives less from Chaplin’s antiwar polemic than from his antiheroic pose.

Derived terms

• antiheroically

 

Translations

pertaining to or typical of an antihero

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 反英雄的 (faan² jing¹ hung⁴ dik¹)

  Mandarin: 反英雄的 (fǎnyīngxióng de)

• French: antihéroïque (fr)
• Greek: αντιηρωικός (el) (antiiroïkós)
• Japanese: 反英雄的な (はんえいゆうてきな, han'eiyū teki na)
• Korean: 반영웅적 (banyeong'ungjeok)
• Macedonian: антихеројски (antiherojski)
• Polish: antybohaterski
• Portuguese: anti-heroico (pt)