plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor.
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Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
The project, which premiered at the 50th annual Toronto International Film Festival, was almost 14 years in the making, championed by Ahmed who had a longtime dream of taking on the role of the infamous antihero.
—Katherine Singh, Refinery29, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
The project, which premiered at the 50th annual Toronto International Film Festival, was almost 14 years in the making, championed by Ahmed who had a longtime dream of taking on the role of the infamous antihero.
—Katherine Singh, Refinery29, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for antihero
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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