anti-villain

English

Alternative forms

antivillain

Etymology

From anti- +‎ villain.

Noun

anti-villain (plural anti-villains)

(fiction) An antagonist who has or may have noble or honorable aims, but pursues them destructively.

Derived terms

anti-villainess
anti-villainous

Translations

antagonist who have noble goals

Albanian: antimaskarai
Armenian: հակաչարագործ (hakačʿaragorc)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反恶棍 (fǎnègùn)
Czech: antipadouch
Esperanto: kontraŭfiulo, kontraŭmaliculo
French: anti-méchant
German: Antischurke, Antibösewicht
Greek: αντικακός m (antikakós)
Italian: anticattivo
Japanese: 反悪役 (はんあくやく, hanakuyaku)
Korean: 반악당(反惡黨) (banakdang)
Polish: antyzłoczyńca
Portuguese: anti-vilão m
Romanian: antiticălos
Russian: антизлодей m (antizlodej)
Spanish: anti-villano m
Turkish: anti-kötü adam
Vietnamese: chống phản diện

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