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tragic flaws

tragic flaws is the plural of tragic flaw.

Meaning of tragic flaw

Noun

tragic flaw (plural tragic flaws)

  1. (chiefly literary criticism) A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.
    • When a heroine's tragic flaw takes the form of uncontrollable love for an outlaw, the paths of momentary glory can lead but to defeat.1948 May 31, Harold V. Cohen, "'Green Grass of Wyoming'" (film review), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. 28 (retrieved 5 July 2012)
    Synonyms:
    hamartia

Questions about tragic flaws

What is tragic flaws the plural of?
Tragic flaws is the plural of tragic flaw.

Words near tragic flaws in the dictionary

  1. traghettos
  2. tragi
  3. tragic
  4. tragic carpet
  5. tragic flaw
  6. tragic flaws
  7. tragic hero
  8. tragic heroes
  9. tragic heroine
  10. tragic heroines
  11. tragical

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