postheroic

adj

postheroic

adj

Etymology From post- + heroic.

1

After the decline of classical heroes.

  • They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society.2007 July 8, Roger Cohen, “Her Jewish State”, in New York Times:

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