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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

antimodel en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + model.

Meanings

  1. Somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model, representing what one does not want to be or achieve.
    • Vietnam as an antimodel Economists from a surprisingly wide segment of the political spectrum agree that the Vietnam controls were a failure. 2004, Hugh Rockoff, Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States, page 231:

Forms

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antimodels Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

model · role model

Relateds

antigoal · antipattern

Synonyms

jerk and villain

Translations (1)

pt antimodelo (somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model)