antipattern

See also: anti-pattern

English

Alternative forms

• anti-pattern

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pattern, coined by Andrew Koenig in 1995.

Pronunciation

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Noun

antipattern (plural antipatterns)

1. (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice.
   • 2004, Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Head First Design Patterns, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 612:

     If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution.

Related terms

• dark pattern

Translations

a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice

• Finnish: antisuunnittelumalli
• German: Antimuster n, Anti-Pattern n
• Hungarian: antiminta, ellenminta
• Japanese: アンチパターン (anchipatān)
• Portuguese: antipadrão m
• Russian: антипатте́рн (ru) m (antipattérn)
• Swedish: antimönster n

Further reading

• anti-pattern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia