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- DictionarySter·e·o·typed/ˈsterēəˌtīpt/
adjective
- 1. viewed or represented as a stereotype: "the story is weakened by its stereotyped characters"
Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and usage of the word stereotype, which can be a noun or a verb. A stereotype is a fixed or general pattern, especially a biased or untrue belief about a group or a person.
Stereotyped means conforming to a fixed or general pattern or type, or lacking originality or individuality. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles for stereotyped.
A stereotype is a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong. Learn more about the meaning, usage and examples of stereotype in English and American dictionaries.
Stereotype definition: a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group. See examples of STEREOTYPE used in a sentence.
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- — stereotypical
- — stereotypically
- — stereotyped
- — stereotyping
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1 stereotype /ˈsterijəˌtaɪp/ noun
plural stereotypes
1 stereotype
/ˈsterijəˌtaɪp/
noun
/ˌsterijəˈtɪpɪkəl/ adjective [more stereotypical; most stereotypical]
•a stereotypical representation/idea/approach
/ˌsterijəˈtɪpɪkli/ adverb
[+ object]
: to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same
•It's not fair to stereotype a whole group of people based on one person you don't like.
/ˈsterijəˌtaɪpt/ adjective
•a stereotyped representation/approach/character
noun [noncount]
•ethnic/gender stereotyping
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C1. a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong: racial / sexual stereotypes. He doesn't conform to/ fit / fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman. The characters in the book are just stereotypes. Compare. prototype. Fewer examples.
Stereotyped is the past tense and past participle of stereotype, which means to have a set idea about what a particular type of person is like, especially an idea that is wrong. See how to use this word in sentences and synonyms from the Cambridge English Corpus.
