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superheroics

superheroics noun: the actions (heroics) of a superhero.

Noun

superheroics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The actions (heroics) of a superhero.
    • As the World Trade Center disaster changed global politics and the world's conception of America irrevocably, so The Authority had violently changed superheroics—and a lot of creative people with egos had their livelihood—or at least their relevancy—threatened as a result.2007, Jeffery Klaehn, Inside the World of Comic Books, Black Rose Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 153
    • That is to say, it's not supervillainy that's the opposite of superheroics[,] but pacifism. Thus, The Nail confirms the greatness of superheroics by having the greatest superhero of all explicitly repudiate nonviolence.2017, Noah Berlatsky, Wonder Woman: New Edition with Full Color Illustrations, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 77

Origin of superheroics

Blend of superhero + heroics.

Questions about superheroics

What does superheroics mean?
Superheroics means the actions (heroics) of a superhero.
What part of speech is superheroics?
Superheroics is a noun.

Words near superheroics in the dictionary

  1. superhero landings
  2. superherodom
  3. superheroes
  4. superheroic
  5. superheroically
  6. superheroics
  7. superheroine
  8. superheroines
  9. superheroism
  10. superheros
  11. superhet

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