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
Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The story’s sassy, brassy antihero has likewise adorned Christmas trees and school library shelves for generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
Anthony Geary, who played the charming antihero Luke Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” will make his last appearance on the soap opera on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 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
The original NWO, which consisted of “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, were so bad they became antiheroes and immensely popular.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
He was to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, reportedly as Sentry, one of the most powerful antiheroes in all of Marvel, in “Thunderbolts,” but backed out — by email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
They were the protagonists; they were among the first antiheroes in crime fiction.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Nuanced antiheroes were not this show’s jam, and never did dark doings define the day.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
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Power Prefix: Anti
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: ant-, anti-
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Prefixes: anti-
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