antimodel

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ model.

Noun

antimodel (plural antimodels)

1. Somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model, representing what one does not want to be or achieve.

   Antonyms: model; role model

   • 2004, Hugh Rockoff, Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States, page 231:

     Vietnam as an antimodel
     Economists from a surprisingly wide segment of the political spectrum agree that the Vietnam controls were a failure.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:jerk and villain

Related terms

• antigoal

Translations

somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model

• Portuguese: antimodelo m

See also

• antipattern

 

Anagrams

• maldonite