User blog comment:Queen Misery/Categories To Be Removed/@comment-5222734-20130624224055/@comment-2059440-20130704162844

that's correct - the term is misused.

Anti-Hero = a hero with flaws or an antagonistic hero

Anti-Villain = a well-intentioned extremist (I believe)

While the Anti-Hero is a kind of hero archetype Anti-Villains are villains.. I believe a lot of the times characters people think of as "Anti-Villain" are actually "Anti-Hero" and vice versa,