Meaning of antiheroinism | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being an antiheroine.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“These same readers act against her when she oversteps the boundaries of prescribed female domains. But the writings which cause her to become a martyr are in fact a sort of antiheroinism.”

“I contend that each level of resistance bears a certain idiosyncrasy, as each layer of temporality not only conducts a different interrelation with antiheroinism but also reflects a different form of antiheroinism.”

“Interestingly, in their introduction to Antiheroines of Contemporary Media (2020), Melanie Haas, N. A. Pierce and Gretchen Busl argue that 'antiheroinism is a more realistic depiction of women, as women are far more complex and require a far more sophisticated representation than other standard tropes allow' (13).”

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