noun.
The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literarytragedy.
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”."