Oxford Dictionary English anti-hero noun noun BrE BrE//ˈænti hɪərəʊ// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈænti hɪroʊ// , NAmE//ˈænti hiːroʊ// Immoral, Characters in a story, Elements of a story Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsthe main character in a story, but one who does not have the qualities of a typical hero, and is either more like an ordinary person or morally bad Anthony Perkins is the evil anti-hero of the Hitchcock thriller ‘Psycho’. Wordfindercharacteranti-hero, baddy, character, goody, hero, love interest, narrator, protagonist, trait, villain See related entries: Immoral, Characters in a story, Elements of a storyCheck pronunciation: anti-hero oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
