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antiheroics

antiheroics noun: the actions (heroics) of an antihero.

Noun

antiheroics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The actions (heroics) of an antihero.
    • In a Black cultural mythology sense, exploring the prospect of antiheroics in Ali's life is a […]2022, James L. Conyers, Jr.; Christel N. Temple, Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory
    • It seems, then, that in order to reveal the antiheroic mode in women characters, a different hermeneutic strategy is needed, as women's antiheroics (that is, antiheroinism) is manifested differently from that of men.2022, Yael Levy, Chick TV: Antiheroines and Time Unbound, page 10

Origin of antiheroics

Blend of antihero + heroics.

Questions about antiheroics

What does antiheroics mean?
Antiheroics means the actions (heroics) of an antihero.
What part of speech is antiheroics?
Antiheroics is a noun.

Words near antiheroics in the dictionary

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

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