tragic flaw

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   the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall

   Synonymshamartia

   Broaderflaw

Questions about tragic flaw

What does tragic flaw mean?

tragic flaw means "the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall".

What is another word for tragic flaw?

Close synonyms include hamartia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tragic flaw a common word?

tragic flaw is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.