stereotype
noun
a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
have stereotyped
-
present perfectof stereotype.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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.
It was really shocking, not because I have stereotyped him as Rocky, but I had no idea he could be so raw and emotional, particularly on the record.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2016
Moments later, concerned he may have stereotyped a large group of people, Saltalamacchia clarified that he had actually meant young players.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2011
As seen from the vicarage dining-room, which took a warm tone of light from the fire, the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
As for the mediocrities for whose benefit Haydn is held to have "stereotyped" the form, what could they learn from him?
From Haydn by John F. Runciman
In the place of which, we still have stereotyped, in many late editions on astronomy, the names and localities of numerous seas and lakes, which advancing knowledge should long since have discarded.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
