tragic flaw
Origin of hamartia
Classical Greek from hamartanein, to errhamartia
ha·mar·ti·a
noun
The definition of hamartia is a terrible mistake or error in judgment by a character in a film or book.
An example of hamartia is a rock climber not fastening their clips and ropes correctly causing them to fall from a cliff.
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hamartia
noun
Tragic flaw.
Origin of hamartia
Greek from hamartanein to miss the mark, errTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
- Creon's main and foremost hamartia was his excessive pride.
- (Christian theology): sin
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