antimodel
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
antimodel (plural antimodels)
- Somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model, representing what one does not want to be or achieve.
- 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 edit
- See Thesaurus:jerk and villain
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Translations edit
somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model
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