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  • adjective After the decline of classical heroes.

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post- +‎ heroic

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Examples

  • Bradford and Cohen 1984 say that the quintessence of “postheroic” transformational managers is their orientation toward developing their subordinates.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • Bradford and Cohen 1984 say that the quintessence of “postheroic” transformational managers is their orientation toward developing their subordinates.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • "But no work filled with such thrilling moments of pure cinema can be rightly branded pessimistic, even a postheroic superhero movie like

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "But no work filled with such thrilling moments of pure cinema can be rightly branded pessimistic, even a postheroic superhero movie like

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "But no work filled with such thrilling moments of pure cinema can be rightly branded pessimistic, even a postheroic superhero movie like

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "But no work filled with such thrilling moments of pure cinema can be rightly branded pessimistic, even a postheroic superhero movie like

    GreenCine Daily 2009

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