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What (who) is role model - definition

PERSON WHO MODELS A SOCIAL ROLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY
Role Model; Rôle model; Imitatio prominentis

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A role model is someone you admire and try to imitate.
Five out of the ten top role models for British teenagers are black.
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A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. The term role model is credited to sociologist Robert K.
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¦ noun a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated.

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Role model

A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. The term role model is credited to sociologist Robert K. Merton, who hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires., an example of which is the way young fans may idolize and imitate professional athletes or entertainment artists.

In the second half of the twentieth century, U.S. advocates for workplace equity popularized the term and concept of role models as part of a larger social capital lexicon—which also includes terms such as glass ceiling, networking, mentoring, and gatekeeper—serving to identify and address the problems barring non-dominant groups from professional success. Mainstream business literature subsequently adopted the terms and concepts, promoting them as pathways to success for all career climbers. In 1970 these terms were not in the general American vocabulary; by the mid-1990s they had become part of everyday speech. Although the term role model has been criticized more recently as "outdated", the term and its associated responsibility remains prominent in the public consciousness as a commonly used phrase, and a "powerful presence" in the entertainment industry and media.

Role models can also be national. for example, Chilean politicians and intellectuals had France as the prime role model during much of the 19th century until they shifted to Germany in the last decades of the century. In short, a role model is a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated.

Examples of use of role model
1. Press agencies are asked to publish more stories about role–model individuals and units emerging in the patriotic role–model movement.
2. Yet who would choose either as an environmental role model?
3. Margaret Thatcher is this Queen Bee‘s role model.
4. Roseanne÷ Lulu you are my role model and inspiration.
5. It‘s the only role model, only hero, they have left.