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postheroic

postheroic adjective: after the decline of classical heroes.

Adjective

postheroic (not comparable)

  1. After the decline of classical heroes.
    • They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society.2007 July 8, Roger Cohen, “Her Jewish State”, in New York Times

Origin of postheroic

From post- + heroic.

Questions about postheroic

What does postheroic mean?
Postheroic means after the decline of classical heroes.
What part of speech is postheroic?
Postheroic is an adjective.

Words near postheroic in the dictionary

  1. posthepatitic
  2. posthephobia
  3. posthephobias
  4. posthercynian
  5. postherniation
  6. postheroic
  7. postherpes
  8. postherpetic
  9. posthetomies
  10. posthetomise
  11. posthetomised

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