role model

role model

See also: rôle model

English

Alternative forms

• rôle model (rare)

Etymology

Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton.

Noun

role model (plural role models)

1. A person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others.

   Synonyms: exemplar, household deity; see also Thesaurus:model

   • 1986, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “You Can Call Me Al”, in Graceland:

     Where's my wife and family? / What if I die here? / Who'll be my role model / Now that my role model is gone, gone?

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Citadel:

     Shepard: I don't have time for this, Conrad. I'm not here to be a role model.
     Conrad Verner: Oh, I see how it is. Commander Shepard doesn't have time for the little people!
     Conrad Verner: Far be it for me to get in your way! You go be a hero.

Translations

person who serves as an example

Bashkir: өлгө (ölgö), үрнәк (ürnäk) Chinese: Mandarin: 榜樣／榜样 (zh) (bǎngyàng), 表率 (zh) (biǎoshuài) Danish: forbillede n, rollemodel c Finnish: roolimalli (fi), esikuva (fi), malli (fi) French: modèle (fr) m, exemple (fr) m German: Vorbild (de) n Hebrew: מודל לחיקוי‎ Hungarian: példakép (hu) Icelandic: fyrirmynd (is) Italian: modello di comportamento m, esempio (it) m, modello (it) m, falsariga (it) f, paradigma (it) m Japanese: お手本 (おてほん, o-tehon) Korean: 역할 모델 (yeokhal model) Macedonian: при́мер m (prímer) Malay: suri teladan Maori: mūrau Northern Sami: ovdagovva Norwegian: forbilde Persian: الگو‎ (fa) (olgu), اسوه‎ (fa) (osve), نمونه‎ (fa) (nemune), سرمشق‎ (fa) (sar mashq) Polish: wzór do naśladowania m, wzór (pl) m Portuguese: modelo (pt) m, exemplo (pt) m Russian: образе́ц для подража́ния m (obrazéc dlja podražánija), приме́р (ru) m (primér), образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: у́зор m Roman: úzor (sh) m Slovak: vzor m, príklad (pre druhých) m Spanish: modelo a imitar m, ejemplo (es) m Swedish: förebild (sv) Ukrainian: зразок для наслідування m (zrazok dlja nasliduvannja)

See also

• authority figure
• father figure
• mother figure

Further reading

• role model on Wikipedia.Wikipedia