antiheroics

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noun

The actions (heroics) of an antihero.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounantiheroics pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe actions (heroics) of an antihero.

    In a Black cultural mythology sense, exploring the prospect of antiheroics in Ali's life is a […]

    2022, James L. Conyers, Jr.; Christel N. Temple, Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory
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    It seems, then, that in order to reveal the antiheroic mode in women characters, a different hermeneutic strategy is needed, as women's antiheroics (that is, antiheroinism) is manifested differently from that of men.

    2022, Yael Levy, Chick TV: Antiheroines and Time Unbound, page 10

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