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Noun Concept
Categories: Stock characters, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with short description, Literature
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villain  baddie  anti-villain  Anti-villainess  antivillain
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The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction WordNet 3.0
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The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A villain is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Wikipedia
Evil person or fictional character. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Evil character in a story Wikidata
In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero. Wiktionary
IS A
character
stock character
role
fictional character
HAS KIND
supervillain
evil twin
villain of the week
Dark Lord
Animorphs
+2 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Nome King
DIFFERENT FROM
DE
Missetäter
HAS QUALITY
evil
OPPOSITE OF
anti-villain
hero
USAGE DOMAIN
slang
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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villain, baddie
Wikipedia
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villain
Wikidata
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villain
Wiktionary
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villain
Wikipedia Redirections
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anti-villain, Anti-villainess, antivillain, Antivillainess, bad guys, Bad man, Badguy, cartoon villain, Cartoon villian, Evil character, Evil Mastermind, Film villain, Heavys, main villain, Movie villain, Movie villains, sympathetic villain, Sympathetic villainess, tragic villain, Villainesses, villains, Villan, Villian, Villians, 🦹‍♀️, 🦹‍♂️
Wikidata Alias
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bad guy, evil character, fictional bad guy, fictional villain, fictional villainess, villainess

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