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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /an.ti.eˈrɔ.e/
"La storia segue le vicende di un insolito antieroe."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes such as idealism, morality, or nobility.
"The television series gained massive popularity by featuring a morally ambiguous antihero as the protagonist." - 2
A protagonist who engages in morally questionable actions yet retains the sympathy or interest of the audience.
"His complex portrayal of the detective made the anchi hēro archetype deeply compelling."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Japanese katakana transliteration 'アンチヒーロー' (anchi hīrō), which is a direct loanword combination of the English prefix 'anti-' and the noun 'hero'. It entered modern Japanese pop culture vocabulary to describe complex protagonists lacking traditional heroic virtues.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Anchi Hēro" is said worldwide
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anti-héros
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ti e.ʁo/
"Le personnage principal est un anti-héros fascinant."
Antiheld
Transliteration: /ˈantiˌhɛlt/
"Der Roman hat einen faszinierenden Antihelden im Zentrum."
antieroe
Transliteration: /an.ti.eˈrɔ.e/
"La storia segue le vicende di un insolito antieroe."
antihéroe
Transliteration: /an.tiˈe.ɾo.e/
"El antihéroe de la película lucha contra sus propios demonios."
anti-herói
Transliteration: /ˌã.ti.eˈɾɔ.i/
"O anti-herói conquistou o coração do público."
एंटी-हीरो
Transliteration: enti-hiro
"इस फ़िल्म का मुख्य पात्र एक एंटी-हीरो है।"
反英雄
Transliteration: fǎn yīngxióng
"这部电视剧的主角是一个典型的反英雄。"
안티히어로
Transliteration: antihieoro
"그 영화는 매력적인 안티히어로를 등장시켰다."
アンチヒーロー
Transliteration: anchi hīrō
"そのドラマの主人公は複雑な魅力を持つアンチヒーローだ。"
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