antihero
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Bardem’s villain is built more like an aughts-edition antihero.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
“The character is the ultimate antihero and she’s a mother” — something that is rarely allowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Just how my favorite new antihero will deal with her disdain for the Others is yet to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
Greg Norman, former LIV Golf CEO, views himself as an antihero who improved golf for players despite controversy and a nearly $600 million loss for LIV Golf Ltd in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Now private-equity executives fill the roles of villains or antiheroes in shows like Billions and Succession, the latter providing this bit: “You know how, like, everyone hates you?”
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
Georgia has emerged one of the more entertaining, cunning and inventive antiheroes of the 2020s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
You’re often played villains or antiheroes, including Macbeth and Father MacPhail in “His Dark Materials.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Nuanced antiheroes were not this show’s jam, and never did dark doings define the day.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
The Bard's villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, manifesting in the likes of Tony Soprano and Walter White – antiheroes positioned in their stories as heroes.
From Salon ● May 18, 2023
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Power Prefix: Anti
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Prefixes: anti-
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