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picaresque

British pronunciation/pˈɪke‍əsk/
American pronunciation/ˌpɪkəˈɹɛsk/
picaresque
[ADJECTIVE]
1

connected with a literary work or motion picture that deals with the adventures of a protagonist who is likable but has low morals

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Examples
1It reads like a picaresque.
2One of them, the Picaresque, is inscribed in the rebellious register.
3Picaresque echoes are also present in the economy of scarcity that the rebels are subjected to.
4It certainly has the qualities of a picaresque fiction.
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