antiwirawan

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of English antihero as anti- +‎ wirawan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /antiwiˈrawan/ [an̪.t̪i.wiˈra.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧wi‧ra‧wan

Noun

antiwirawan (plural antiwirawan-antiwirawan or para antiwirawan)

1. (literature) antihero

   Synonym: pratipahlawan

Further reading

• “antiwirawan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016