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antihero
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n. (context literature gaming English) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
Usage examples of antihero.
Miller's Batman and Moore's tormented antiheroes owe much to the creepy affectlessness and suppressed fury of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
What they call antiheroes are really unlikely heroes, or attractive villains—the fat cop or Richard III.
She portrayed a series of love interests attached to cynical antiheroes, like Margo Colby in Blue Light and Lisa in Casablanca.
Not broken and dragged down to raving insanity the way the archetypal antiheroes of experia horror flicks always end up.
The world would be a much better place if there were more heroes and fewer antiheroes.
Robert Cohn, who will confess his innermost feelings to anyone who will listen, is one of Hemingway's antiheroes.
Though they captured the imagination of poets and chroniclers—the Knights of the Grail in Parzival were Templars, as were the demonic antiheroes in Ivanhoe —as the Crusades acquired the label of European aggression and imperialism, the Templars became an integral part of their brutal fanaticism.