English Explanatory Dictionary

tragic flaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.

Word forms

tragic flaw tragic flaws

Synonyms

hamartia
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