plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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Like a Bizarro version of The Avengers, this team-up movie sees a ragtag group of antiheroes with issues do their best to work together without killing each other.
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
The actor best known for playing Aquaman in the previous DC regime will now portray the antihero Lobo in the new superhero universe from James Gunn and Peter Safran at DC Studios.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
In the comic book world, Kraven is a Spider-Man foe but in the character’s solo movie, Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven—much like Tom Hardy’s Venom—is presented in an antihero vein.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Watching Jude Law play this difficult-man antihero, however, is what makes The Order go from good to damn near great.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
The actor best known for playing Aquaman in the previous DC regime will now portray the antihero Lobo in the new superhero universe from James Gunn and Peter Safran at DC Studios.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
In the comic book world, Kraven is a Spider-Man foe but in the character’s solo movie, Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven—much like Tom Hardy’s Venom—is presented in an antihero vein.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Watching Jude Law play this difficult-man antihero, however, is what makes The Order go from good to damn near great.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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