Usually means: Flawed protagonist challenging traditional heroism.
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  1. anti-hero: Wordnik
  2. anti-hero: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. anti-hero: Wiktionary
  4. anti-hero: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. anti-hero: Dictionary.com
  6. Anti-Hero, Anti-hero: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. anti-hero: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. anti-hero: Encyclopedia

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  1. Anti-Hero: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of antihero [(literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.]

Similar:
super-villain, folk-hero, war-hero, anti-human, anti-novel, antistory, anti-elite, role-player, anti-revolutionary, antianarchist, more...

Opposite:
hero, protagonist, champion

Types:
loner, rogue, rebel, vigilante, outlaw, misfit, nomad, drifter, more...



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Similar:
super-villain, folk-hero, war-hero, anti-human, anti-novel, antistory, anti-elite, role-player, anti-revolutionary, antianarchist, more...

Opposite:
hero, protagonist, champion

Types:
loner, rogue, rebel, vigilante, outlaw, misfit, nomad, drifter, more...



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