Mean and Villain

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Mean noun - A middle point between extremes.

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Villain and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Villain" instead a noun "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

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Mean and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

old	old mean	old villain
good	good mean	good villain
full	full mean	full villain
standard	standard mean	standard villain
Other adjectives: true, obvious, poor, powerful, actual, real, big, evil, little, main, famous, former, outright, primary, different.

For this reason, though cats are indisputably adorable, they are often seen as mean or a villain's pet.

Source: What Measure Is a Non-Cute?
Most tropers seem to just use it to mean "any villain backstory" even if the backstory is revealed within the same work that introduced the villain.

Source: Square Peg, Round Trope
Face does not mean "good guy" and heel does not mean "villain", even though you will occasionally see the terms being used interchangeably, even on this very wiki.

Source: Black and Gray Morality

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