Hamartia

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  • noun. Tragic flaw.
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  • noun. The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
  • noun. : sin
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  • noun. the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
  • Word Usage
    "It was for Alexander a tragic flaw, or hamartia, a Greek word meaning to miss the mark when shooting an arrow Christians would later use the same word to mean “sin”."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flaw