antimodel

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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.

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