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Noun
/ˈantēˌhi(ə)rō/,/ˈantī-/,
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A central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes,
  1. A central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes

  1. a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
  2. In fiction, an antihero (sometimes antiheroine as feminine) is generally considered to be a protagonist whose character is at least in some regards conspicuously contrary to that of the archetypal hero, and is in some instances its antithesis. ...
  3. A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals
  4. (anti-heroic) a protagonist / main character in a narrative work lacking in heroic qualities^2
  5. Protagonist who has pronounced personality or character defects or eccentricities which are not usually associated with the hero archetype.
  6. a leading character who is not, like a hero, perfect or even outstanding, but is rather ordinary and representative of the more or less average person.
  7. The principal protagonist of a film who lacks the attributes or characteristics of a typical hero, but with whom the audience identifies. The character is often confused or conflicted with ambiguous morals, or character defects and eccentricities, and lacks courage, honesty, or grace. ...
  8. Film-crit term, borrowed from comp-lit studies, that achieved hyper-currency in the late 1960s and 1970s when the Easy Riders, Raging Bulls generation took wing, its auteurs constructing their films around morally compromised, usually runty, usually ethnic protagonists—such as Robert De Niro’s ...
  9. a protagonist whose distinctive qualities are directly opposite to or inposition with, whose associated with the traditional hero. ...
  10. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, conveying fighting as something that had to be done, but at which he was thoroughly competent and imperturbable, quietly exuding confidence and calm
  11. may have saved the day but for selfish reasons and through questionable means
  12. Protagonist who does not fit the accepted hero archetype.
  13. a character who is placed in the role of a traditional hero, but is not idealized in any way
  14. A protagonist who possesses few or none of the traditional qualities of a hero.  She or he may be ineffectual, corrupt, passive, criminal, paralyzed, or unsuccessful in some crucial way.  Anthony Burgess’ Alex in A Clockwork Orange provides a good example of an antihero.
  15. is "protagonist of a modern play or novel who has the converse of most of the traditional attributes of the hero.  This hero is graceless, inept, sometimes stupid, sometimes dishonest. ...
  16. A central characterin a work of literature who lacks traditional heroic qualities such as courage, physical prowess, and fortitude. Anti-heros typically distrust conventional values and are unable to commit themselves to any ideals. ...
  17. A protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. He or she may be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic. ...
  18. A protagonist who lacks one or more of the conventional qualities attributed to a hero. Instead of being dignified, brave, idealistic, or purposeful, the antihero may be cowardly, self-interested, alienated, or weak.