antiheroine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals; a female antihero.

Word forms

antiheroine antiheroines anti-heroine

Etymology

From anti- + heroine.

Related words

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