antihero

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Everyone now knows that Batman is a kind of antihero, a "dark knight" who is allegedly a better hero than Gotham deserves but exactly the one it needs.

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  1. noun A main character in a dramatic or narrative work who is characterized by a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage.

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  • It's the antihero, from Willie Loman to Dirty Harry, who's been the pop-culture icon of twentieth-century America. —  Omni: July 1993
  • Our antihero is surrounded in his cell by shadows of his past, his memories, and the projections of his erotic desires. —  Histriomastix
  • Jackman -- who plays the famed antihero, Wolverine -- announced Wednesday that he wants the legions of —  Usmagazine.com celebrity_news
  • The 60's introduced us to the antihero - where we routed for the guy who wasn't a good guy but was less evil than the people around him (Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name, "The Wild Bunch"). —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • The film's most interesting antihero, the Comedian, is revealed as the perp in one of American history's worst killings. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
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