Byronic hero (English, noun)
expansion: Byronic hero (plural Byronic heroes or Byronic heros)
Senses:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A character type originating in the works of Lord Byron, typically characterized by introspection, arrogance, cynicism, emotional depth, and moral ambiguity; often alienated from society and at odds with conventional morality.
qualifier: literary trope
glosses: An archetype of a moody, brooding, rebellious, and self-destructive antihero found across later fiction and media, marked by intelligence, passion, and alienation from social norms.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: Byronic heroes
tags: plural
form: Byronic heros
tags: plural