stereotype

[US]/ˈsteriətaɪp/
[UK]/ˈsteriətaɪp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a fixed, oversimplified idea or image of a particular type of person or thing
vt. to simplify or standardize something, to make it fit a conventional pattern

Phrases & Collocations

racial stereotype

gender stereotype

negative stereotype

cultural stereotype

stereotype threat

Example Sentences

the stereotype of the woman as the carer.

the stereotype of the mechanic as a macho Neanderthal.

He’s my stereotype of a schoolteacher.

a stereotyped character in a play

that this is a positive stereotype makes it no less a stereotype.

the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland.

It's wrong to stereotype people, as if they were all alike.

stereotyped phrases of condolence.

Jokes perpetuate various national stereotypes.

two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking today.

The two studies reify gender stereotypes: women get their hearts broken through sadness;

Because of this, the unyielding grip of totalism appears more and more like its stereotype and it will continue to fail.

Back planning: Finishing operation to the back of a stereotype or an electrotype after backing up to make it smooth and to the required height.

I think the thing about me is that I'm caught between two stereotypes: sappy romantic and crazy nymphomaniac.

A tremendous achievement of the May 4th Movement was its public exposure of the ugliness of old stereotype and the old dogman and its call to the people to rise against them.

The two studies reify gender stereotypes: women get their hearts broken through sadness;men \"break\" their hearts (via heart attack) through anger.

The authors introduces two main mechanisms accountable for the behavioral effect,i. e. ,the stereotype threat theory and the ideomotor theory,analyzes and compares the two mechanisms.

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