anti-villain

anti-villain

English

Alternative forms

• antivillain

Etymology

From anti- +‎ villain.

Noun

anti-villain (plural anti-villains)

1. (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