plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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Not to spoil the movie for anyone, but there’s at least one more classic Justice League member in the mix, along with one of the fiercest — and funniest — antiheroes in the DC Universe.
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Cooper is set to portray a teenage Heathcliff, the novel’s antihero whose all-consuming rage affects those around him.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But its sympathy for its aggrieved antihero feels very current.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Before Dean Moriarty in On the Road and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, there was Meursault, the nihilistic antihero of Albert Camus’ first novel, The Stranger (L’étranger), and one of modern culture’s original bad boys.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Cooper is set to portray a teenage Heathcliff, the novel’s antihero whose all-consuming rage affects those around him.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But its sympathy for its aggrieved antihero feels very current.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Before Dean Moriarty in On the Road and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, there was Meursault, the nihilistic antihero of Albert Camus’ first novel, The Stranger (L’étranger), and one of modern culture’s original bad boys.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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