"antihero" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/ [UK], /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/ [US], /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-antihero.ogg [US], en-us-antihero-2.ogg [US], en-au-antihero.ogg [Australia] Forms: antiheroes [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + hero. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|hero}} anti- + hero Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} antihero (plural antiheroes)
  1. (literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. Wikipedia link: antihero Categories (topical): Literature, People, Role-playing games, Stock characters Synonyms: unhero, anti-hero Derived forms: antiheroic, antiheroics, antiheroine, antiheroism Related terms: anti-villain, counterhero, false protagonist, false hero Translations (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner): antiheld [masculine] (Afrikaans), antiheroi [masculine] (Albanian), بَطِل مُخَالِفٌ لِلْعُرْفِ (baṭil muḵālifun lilʕurfi) (Arabic), بَطِل مُزَيَّفٌ (baṭil muzayyafun) (Arabic), أَنْتِيهِيرُو (ʔantīhīrū) (Arabic), հակահերոս (hakaheros) (Armenian), antiheroi (Basque), антыгерой (antyhjerój) (Belarusian), অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক (o-naẏkōcito naẏok) (Bengali), антигеро́й (antigerój) (Bulgarian), antiheroi [masculine] (Catalan), 反英雄 (fǎnyīngxióng) (Chinese Mandarin), antihrdina [masculine] (Czech), antiheld [masculine] (Dutch), antiheldin [feminine] (Dutch), kontraŭheroo (Esperanto), antikangelane (Estonian), antisankari (Finnish), pahis (Finnish), antihéros [masculine] (French), anti-héros [masculine] (French), antiheroe [masculine] (Galician), Antiheld [masculine] (German), αντιήρωας (antiíroas) [masculine] (Greek), antiheroo (Ido), frith-laoch (Irish), ana-laoch (Irish), antieroe [masculine] (Italian), 反英雄 (han'eiyū) (alt: はんえいゆう) (Japanese), アンチヒーロー (anchihīrō) (Japanese), ダークヒーロー (dākuhīrō) (Japanese), антиқаһарман (antiqaharman) (Kazakh), анти-қаһарман (anti-qaharman) (Kazakh), 반영웅 (banyeong'ung) (alt: 反英雄) (Korean), antiheros (Latin), contra heros (Latin), antivaronis (Latvian), antiherojus (Lithuanian), антихе́рој (antihéroj) [masculine] (Macedonian), антихерои́на (antiheroína) [feminine] (Macedonian), antihelt [masculine] (Norwegian), ضدقهرمان (Persian), ناقهرمان (Persian), antybohater [masculine] (Polish), antybohaterka [feminine] (Polish), anti-herói [masculine] (Portuguese), antierou [masculine] (Romanian), erou negativ [masculine] (Romanian), антигеро́й (antigerój) [masculine] (Russian), ana-gaisgeach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), antihéroe [masculine] (Spanish), shujaa wa upande wa mbaya (Swahili), shujaa hasi (Swahili), antihjälte [common-gender] (Swedish), kontrabayani (Tagalog), kontrabida (Tagalog), எதிரானவீரன் (etirāṉavīraṉ) (Tamil), ஆண்டிஹீரோ (āṇṭihīrō) (Tamil), antikahraman (Turkish), антигеро́й (antyherój) (Ukrainian), انٹی ہیرو [masculine] (Urdu), phản anh hùng (alt: 反英雄) (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "kontraŭheroo"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antikangelane"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antisankari"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "antihéros"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antiheroo"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "frith-laoch"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "ana-laoch"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "antieroe"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はんえいゆう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "han'eiyū",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "反英雄"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "anchihīrō",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "アンチヒーロー"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dākuhīrō",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "ダークヒーロー"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "antiqaharman",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "антиқаһарман"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "anti-qaharman",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "анти-қаһарман"
        },
        {
          "alt": "反英雄",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "banyeong'ung",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "반영웅"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antiheros"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "contra heros"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antivaronis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antiherojus"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "antihéroj",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "антихе́рој"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "antiheroína",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "антихерои́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antihelt"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "ضدقهرمان"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "ناقهرمان"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "word": "anti-herói"
        },
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "antierou"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "erou negativ"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "antigerój",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "антигеро́й"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "sw",
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          "word": "kontrabayani"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "kontrabida"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "etirāṉavīraṉ",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "எதிரானவீரன்"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "āṇṭihīrō",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "ஆண்டிஹீரோ"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "antikahraman"
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          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "антигеро́й"
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
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          "word": "انٹی ہیرو"
        },
        {
          "alt": "反英雄",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
          "word": "phản anh hùng"
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        "US"
      ],
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/En-us-antihero-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-antihero.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-au-antihero.ogg/En-au-antihero.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-au-antihero.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antiheroic"
    },
    {
      "word": "antiheroics"
    },
    {
      "word": "antiheroine"
    },
    {
      "word": "antiheroism"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "hero"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "antiheroes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "anti-villain"
    },
    {
      "word": "counterhero"
    },
    {
      "word": "false protagonist"
    },
    {
      "word": "false hero"
    }
  ],
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        "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with anti-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Literature",
        "en:People",
        "en:Role-playing games",
        "en:Stock characters"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers",
          "text": "Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "protagonist",
          "protagonist"
        ],
        [
          "unheroic",
          "unheroic"
        ],
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ],
        [
          "mercenary",
          "mercenary"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "roleplaying games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unhero"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "antihero"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-us-antihero.ogg/En-us-antihero.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-antihero.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-antihero-2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/En-us-antihero-2.ogg/En-us-antihero-2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/En-us-antihero-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-antihero.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-au-antihero.ogg/En-au-antihero.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-au-antihero.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "anti-hero"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheld"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baṭil muḵālifun lilʕurfi",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "بَطِل مُخَالِفٌ لِلْعُرْفِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baṭil muzayyafun",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "بَطِل مُزَيَّفٌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔantīhīrū",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "أَنْتِيهِيرُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hakaheros",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "հակահերոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antiheroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "antyhjerój",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "антыгерой"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "o-naẏkōcito naẏok",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "antigerój",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "антигеро́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnyīngxióng",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "反英雄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antihrdina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheldin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "kontraŭheroo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antikangelane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antisankari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "pahis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antihéros"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anti-héros"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiheroe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antiheld"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiíroas",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αντιήρωας"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antiheroo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "frith-laoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "ana-laoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antieroe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんえいゆう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "han'eiyū",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "反英雄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anchihīrō",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "アンチヒーロー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dākuhīrō",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "ダークヒーロー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "antiqaharman",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "антиқаһарман"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "anti-qaharman",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "анти-қаһарман"
    },
    {
      "alt": "反英雄",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banyeong'ung",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "반영웅"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antiheros"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "contra heros"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antivaronis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antiherojus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "antihéroj",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антихе́рој"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "antiheroína",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антихерои́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antihelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "ضدقهرمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "ناقهرمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antybohater"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antybohaterka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anti-herói"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antierou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erou negativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antigerój",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антигеро́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ana-gaisgeach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antihéroe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "shujaa wa upande wa mbaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "shujaa hasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "antihjälte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "kontrabayani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "kontrabida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "etirāṉavīraṉ",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "எதிரானவீரன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "āṇṭihīrō",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "ஆண்டிஹீரோ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "antikahraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "antyherój",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "антигеро́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "انٹی ہیرو"
    },
    {
      "alt": "反英雄",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner",
      "word": "phản anh hùng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antihero"
}

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