"role model" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: role models [plural]
Etymology: Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton. First use appears c. 1944 in the American Sociological Review. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Robert K. Merton|occ=sociologist}} Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton Head templates: {{en-noun}} role model (plural role models)
  1. A person who serves as an example, or whose behavior is emulated by others. Wikipedia link: American Sociological Review Categories (topical): People Synonyms: exemplar, household deity, model, role-model, rôle model [rare] Related terms: authority figure, father figure, mother figure Translations (person who serves as an example): өлгө (ölgö) (Bashkir), үрнәк (ürnək) (Bashkir), 榜樣 (Chinese Mandarin), 榜样 (bǎngyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 表率 (biǎoshuài) (Chinese Mandarin), forbillede [neuter] (Danish), rollemodel [common-gender] (Danish), rolmodel [neuter] (Dutch), voorbeeld [neuter] (Dutch), roolimalli (Finnish), esikuva (Finnish), malli (Finnish), modèle [masculine] (French), exemple [masculine] (French), Vorbild [neuter] (German), מודל לחיקוי (Hebrew), példakép (Hungarian), fyrirmynd (Icelandic), modello di comportamento [masculine] (Italian), esempio [masculine] (Italian), modello [masculine] (Italian), falsariga [feminine] (Italian), paradigma [masculine] (Italian), お手本 (o-tehon) (alt: おてほん) (Japanese), 역할 모델 (english: yeokhal model) (Korean), при́мер (prímer) [masculine] (Macedonian), suri teladan (Malay), mūrau (Maori), ovdagovva (Northern Sami), forbilde (Norwegian), الگو (olgu) (Persian), اسوه (osve) (Persian), نمونه (nemune) (Persian), سرمشق (sar mashq) (Persian), przykład [masculine] (Polish), wzór [masculine] (Polish), modelo [masculine] (Portuguese), exemplo [masculine] (Portuguese), образе́ц для подража́ния (obrazéc dlja podražánija) [masculine] (Russian), приме́р (primér) [masculine] (Russian), образе́ц (obrazéc) [masculine] (Russian), у́зор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), úzor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vzor [masculine] (Slovak), príklad (pre druhých) [masculine] (Slovak), modelo a imitar [masculine] (Spanish), ejemplo [masculine] (Spanish), förebild (Swedish), зразок для наслідування (zrazok dlja nasliduvannja) [masculine] (Ukrainian), delfryd ymddwyn [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "glosses": [
        "A person who serves as an example, or whose behavior is emulated by others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ],
        [
          "emulate",
          "emulate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "exemplar"
        },
        {
          "word": "household deity"
        },
        {
          "word": "model"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "American Sociological Review"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "role-model"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "rôle model"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ölgö",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "өлгө"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ürnək",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "үрнәк"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "榜樣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎngyàng",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "榜样"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎoshuài",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "表率"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "forbillede"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rollemodel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rolmodel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorbeeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "roolimalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "esikuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "malli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modèle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exemple"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbild"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "מודל לחיקוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "példakép"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "fyrirmynd"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modello di comportamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esempio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falsariga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paradigma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おてほん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "o-tehon",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "お手本"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "yeokhal model",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "역할 모델"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prímer",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "suri teladan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "mūrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "ovdagovva"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "forbilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "olgu",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "الگو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "osve",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "اسوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nemune",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "نمونه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sar mashq",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "سرمشق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przykład"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wzór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exemplo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrazéc dlja podražánija",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "образе́ц для подража́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primér",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приме́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrazéc",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "образе́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́зор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "úzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príklad (pre druhých)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modelo a imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ejemplo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "word": "förebild"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrazok dlja nasliduvannja",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зразок для наслідування"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who serves as an example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delfryd ymddwyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "role model"
}

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