deuteragonist
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deuteragonist
- /ˌduː.təˈɹæɡ.ə.nɪst/
- /ˌdju.təˈɹæɡ.ə.nɪst/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”), originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”).
By surface analysis, deuter- (“second”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).
noun deuteragonists
- A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist). The issue is no longer about the artistic representation of woman going on within the story: rather, the art object, now unrelated to the actual woman (at a literal level, at any rate), becomes her deuteragonist and antagonist, and the opposition thus settled becomes further complicated by reversal,
- An actor playing a role (potentially all roles) requiring a second actor to be present on the stage, opposite the protagonist. The first disposition accords with the attested reality of Nero acting in masks resembling his own features or those of women with whom he was in love (Suet. Nero 21.3), especially Poppaea (Dio 63.9.5), and generates a set of roles for the deuteragonist all of which focus on failed counsel; it also
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noun second most important character
| Español | deuteragonista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 들러리 deulleori |
| Português | deuteragonista |
| Français | deutéragoniste |
| Deutsch | Deuteragonist, Deuteragonistin |
| Italiano | deuteragonista |
| Ελληνικά | δευτεραγωνιστής defteragonistís |
| Русский | девтерагонист devteragonist |
noun second actor
| Español | deuteragonista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 들러리 deulleori |
| Português | deuteragonista |
| Français | deutéragoniste |
| Deutsch | Deuteragonist, Deuteragonistin |
| Italiano | deuteragonista |
| Русский | девтерагонист devteragonist |
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title = {deuteragonist},
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