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stereotype

[ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-]

noun

  1. a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.

    Cowboys and Indians are American stereotypes.

  2. a set form; convention.

    Most important for lexicographers are the idiomatic stereotypes whose meaning cannot be inferred from knowledge of the meanings of the individual items.

  3. Printing.

    1. a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.

    2. a plate made by this process.



verb (used with object)

stereotyped, stereotyping 
  1. to characterize or regard as a stereotype.

    The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.

  2. to give a fixed form to.

  3. Printing.,  to make a stereotype of.

stereotype

/ ˌstɛrɪə ˈtɪpɪk, ˌstɪər-, ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər- /

noun

    1. a method of producing cast-metal printing plates from a mould made from a forme of type matter in papier-mâché or some other material

    2. the plate so made

  1. another word for stereotypy

  2. an idea, trait, convention, etc, that has grown stale through fixed usage

  3. sociol a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

    1. to make a stereotype of

    2. to print from a stereotype

  1. to impart a fixed usage or convention to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stereotype

1
  1. A too-simple and therefore distorted image of a group, such as “Football players are stupid” or “The English are cold and unfriendly people.”

stereotype

2
  1. A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.

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Other Word Forms

  • stereotyper noun
  • stereotypic adjective
  • stereotypist noun
  • stereotypical adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stereotype1

First recorded in 1790–1800; stereo- + -type
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Globally, beauty pageants have been criticised for objectifying women and reinforcing gender stereotypes.

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This could include disciplining teachers who use antisemitic slurs or stereotypes.

As Louisiana argues, “race-based redistricting rests on an invidious stereotype: that all minorities, by virtue of their membership in their racial class, think alike and share the same interests and voting preferences.”

"I am a huge advocate for not stigmatising or stereotyping birth mums. My biological mother was not given the support she needed to have a clean pregnancy."

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His aspiration was not of the clout-chasing, fame-hungry sort, but a drive to be understood, to have his culture recognized, to break free of stereotype and assert one’s being by being perceived.

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