plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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These antiheroes might not make great role models, but their stories sure make for excellent entertainment.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
Alex Chew, co-founder of the Black Auteur Film Festival and Sequence 8 Films, a production company focused on strong female leads, misfits and antiheroes, was one of three participants in the 2025 intensive.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Loneliness happens to be the defining attribute of Danes’ latest antihero, Aggie Wiggs, the Pulitzer-winning journalist at the center of the Netflix cat-and-mouse thriller The Beast in Me.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Credit Chu for knowing how to hit the antihero-worship buttons deftly and early.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
Alex Chew, co-founder of the Black Auteur Film Festival and Sequence 8 Films, a production company focused on strong female leads, misfits and antiheroes, was one of three participants in the 2025 intensive.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Loneliness happens to be the defining attribute of Danes’ latest antihero, Aggie Wiggs, the Pulitzer-winning journalist at the center of the Netflix cat-and-mouse thriller The Beast in Me.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Credit Chu for knowing how to hit the antihero-worship buttons deftly and early.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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