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tragic flaw

[ traj-ik flaw ]

noun

Literature.
  1. the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.


tragic flaw

noun

  1. a failing of character in the hero of a tragedy that brings about his downfall
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tragic flaw1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Depending on the outcome of November’s election after his belated decision to withdraw, his lifelong stubbornness may prove to have been his tragic flaw.

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History reflects humankind’s most tragic flaw: Humans are incapable of protecting themselves from themselves.

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He’s a man constantly overheated, which is what makes him tick, and is his tragic flaw.

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Like, “I just love too hard” or, “My tragic flaw is that I care too much!”

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“This is the fall of somebody from a high position. There’s some tragic flaw there. And I’ve also been thinking of the Garden of Eden. Maybe the apple is presidential politics.”

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