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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. [a character who] may be bewildered ineffectual deluded or merely pathetic. | 8 sets | |
| 2 | a protagonist who is lacking the traditional heroic attributes and qualities, and instead possesses character traits that are antithetical to heroism | 2 sets | |
| 3 | a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) | 2 sets | |
| 4 | a protagonist who has qualities opposite to those normally expected from a hero | 2 sets | |
| 5 | antagonist | 1 set | |
| 6 | in fiction, the anti-hero is a protagonist who is lacking the traditional heroic attributes and qualities | 1 set | |
| 7 | a protagonist with qualities that are opposite to those normally expected from a hero | 1 set | |
| 8 | a major character, usually the protagonist, who lacks conventional nobility of mind, and who struggles for values not deemed universally admirable. | 1 set | |
| 9 | a character who can be the protagonist who typically distrusts conventional values and is unable to commit himself to any ideals. | 1 set | |
| 10 | protagonist with opposite qualities of a hero. | 1 set | |
| 11 | a character who can be the protagonist who typically distrusts conventional values and is unable to commit himself to any ideals | 1 set | |
| 12 | a central character in a work of literature who lacks traditional heroic qualities such as courage, physical prowess, and fortitude. | 1 set | |
| 13 | a protagonist who has qualities opposite to those normally expected from a hero, such as stupidity, insecurity, dishonesty, or cowardliness | 1 set | |
| 14 | a protagonist who is either unlikable or has characteristics which are not to be emulated | 1 set | |
| 15 | main character with bad or undesirable traits | 1 set | |
| 16 | protagonist who has characters opposite of what we consider a hero | 1 set | |
| 17 | protagonist who has qualities not expected in a hero | 1 set | |
| 18 | a protagonist who has qualities opposite to those normally expected from a hero such as stupidity, insecurity, dishonesty, cowardliness; a protagonist with bad qualities or traits | 1 set | |
| 19 | a central character in a dramatic or narrative work who lacks the qualities of nobility and magnanimity expected of traditional heroes in romances and epics | 1 set | |
| 20 | a protagonist who has qualities opposite to those normally expected from a hero such as stupidity, insecurity, dishonesty, and cowardliness. | 1 set | |
| 21 | a protagonist with villainous qualities | 1 set | |
| 22 | a protagonist lacking nobility of character | 1 set | |
| 23 | flawed and ignoble character/hero | 1 set | |
| 24 | a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like | 1 set | |
| 25 | flawed character | 1 set | |
| 26 | a character intentionally alienated from the reader and himself, very disillusioned, morbid self-absorbtion, ex: fowler in the quiet american | 1 set | |
| 27 | a protagonist who lacks the noble spirit of admirable life purposes usually found in a heroic figure | 1 set | |
| 28 | a protagonist who lacks the noble spirit or admirable life purposes usu. foudn in a heroic figure | 1 set | |
| 29 | protagonist with villainous qualities | 1 set | |
| 30 | protagonist who lacks heroic qualities- deeply flawed protagonist | 1 set | |
| 31 | a protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. he or she may be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic. often what antiheroes learn, if they learn anything at all, is that the world isolates them in an existence devoid of god and absolute values. yossarian from joseph heller's catch-22 is an example of an antihero. see also character. | 1 set | |
| 32 | consonance | 1 set | |
| 33 | main character in a story who lacks traditional heroic qualities such as idealism or courage | 1 set | |
| 34 | a protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities. | 1 set | |
| 35 | in fiction; a protagonist who is lacking the traditional heroic attributes and qualities | 1 set | |
| 36 | the protagonist of a modern play or novel who has the converse of most of the tradition attributes of the hero | 1 set | |
| 37 | a protagonist who is deeply flawed and does not have the typical virtues of a hero | 1 set | |
| 38 | a character who can be a protagonist who typically distrusts conventional values and is unable to commit himself to any ideals | 1 set | |
| 39 | chief person in a modern novel or play whose character is widely discrepant from that of the protagonist/hero; is petty, ignominious, passive, ineffectual, or dishonest | 1 set | |
| 40 | a protagonist who has the opposite | 1 set | |