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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesamartia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-mar-ti-a
"L'amartia è il difetto tragico del protagonista."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A literary term that refers to a personality trait of a main character that leads to their downfall or destruction.
"Macbeth's unchecked ambition serves as his primary tragic flaw." - 2
A fundamental weakness or failing in a person's character or in a system, plan, or institution.
"The fatal design flaw in the software proved to be the company's tragic flaw."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek literary concept 'hamartia', popularized in English literary criticism through translations and adaptations of Aristotle's Poetics in the 18th and 19th centuries. The combination of 'tragic' (from Greek tragōidia) and 'flaw' (from Old Norse flaga) signifies a fundamental defect or weakness in the personality of a protagonist that leads to their downfall.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tragic flaw" is said worldwide
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défaut tragique
Transliteration: de-fo tra-ʒik
"L'orgueil est souvent le défaut tragique du héros."
tragischer Fehler
Transliteration: traːɡɪʃɐ feːlɐ
"Die Hybris ist sein tragischer Fehler."
amartia
Transliteration: a-mar-ti-a
"L'amartia è il difetto tragico del protagonista."
falla trágica
Transliteration: fa-ʎa tra-xi-ka
"La soberbia es su falla trágica."
falha trágica
Transliteration: fa-ʎa tra-ʒi-ka
"A hubris é a falha trágica do herói."
त्राagिक दोष
Transliteration: tragic dosh
"अहंकार नायक का त्राagिक दोष था।"
悲剧性格缺陷
Transliteration: bēi jù xìng gé què xiàn
"傲慢是这位英雄的悲剧性格缺陷。"
비극적 결함
Transliteration: bigeukjeok gyeolham
"지나친 야망은 그의 비극적 결함이었다."
悲劇的欠点
Transliteration: higekiteki ketten
"彼の傲慢さが劇中における悲劇的欠点となった。"
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