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antiheroic

antiheroic adjective: of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.

Adjective

antiheroic (comparative more antiheroic, superlative most antiheroic)

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

Forms of antiheroic

comparativemore antiheroic
superlativemost antiheroic

Origin of antiheroic

From antihero + -ic or anti- + heroic.

Words formed from antiheroic

Questions about antiheroic

What does antiheroic mean?
Antiheroic means of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
What part of speech is antiheroic?
Antiheroic is an adjective.

Words near antiheroic in the dictionary

  1. antiheresy
  2. antiheretic
  3. antiheretical
  4. antihero
  5. antiheroes
  6. antiheroic
  7. antiheroically
  8. antiheroics
  9. antiheroin
  10. antiheroine
  11. antiheroines

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