Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/
Noun
antihero (plural antiheroes)
- (literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
- Synonym: unhero
2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers:Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.
Translations
protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner
- Afrikaans: antiheld m
- Albanian: antiheroi m
- Armenian: հակահերոս (hy) (hakaheros)
- Basque: antiheroi
- Belarusian: антыгерой (antyhjerój)
- Bengali: অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক (o-naẏkōcito naẏok)
- Bulgarian: антигеро́й (antigerój)
- Catalan: antiheroi m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 反英雄 (zh) (fǎnyīngxióng)
- Czech: antihrdina m
- Dutch: antiheld (nl) m, antiheldin f
- Esperanto: kontraŭheroo
- Estonian: antikangelane
- Finnish: antisankari (fi), pahis (fi)
- French: antihéros (fr) m, anti-héros (fr) m
- Galician: antiheroe m
- German: Antiheld (de) m
- Greek: αντιήρωας (el) m (antiíroas)
- Ido: antiheroo
- Irish: frith-laoch, ana-laoch
- Italian: antieroe (it) m
- Japanese: 反英雄 (はんえいゆう, han'eiyū), アンチヒーロー (anchihīrō), ダークヒーロー (dākuhīrō)
- Kazakh: антиқаһарман (antiqaharman), анти-қаһарман (anti-qaharman)
- Korean: 반영웅(反英雄) (ko) (banyeong'ung)
- Latin: antiheros, contra heros
- Latvian: antivaronis
- Lithuanian: antiherojus
- Macedonian: антихе́рој m (antihéroj), антихерои́на f (antiheroína)
- Norwegian: antihelt m
- Persian: ضدقهرمان (fa), ناقهرمان (fa)
- Polish: antybohater (pl) m, antybohaterka f
- Portuguese: anti-herói (pt) m
- Romanian: antierou m, erou negativ m
- Russian: антигеро́й (ru) m (antigerój)
- Scottish Gaelic: ana-gaisgeach m
- Spanish: antihéroe (es) m
- Swahili: shujaa wa upande wa mbaya, shujaa hasi
- Swedish: antihjälte (sv) c
- Tagalog: kontrabayani, kontrabida
- Tamil: எதிரானவீரன் (etirāṉavīraṉ), ஆண்டிஹீரோ (āṇṭihīrō)
- Turkish: antikahraman
- Ukrainian: антигеро́й (antyherój)
- Urdu: انٹی ہیرو m
- Vietnamese: phản anh hùng (vi) (反英雄)
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