stereotype
noun
a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
stereotypes
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pluralof stereotype.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof stereotype (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
stereotypenouna simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
Example Sentences
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Many Jews, Ms. Horn explains, have felt pressured to make non-Jews comfortable about their presence “through self-deprecating and ultimately humiliating public displays in popular culture,” which often play up stereotypes in Jewish humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And in an era where women were forced into gendered stereotypes – housewife, temptress, fallen woman, mixed-up girl – she satirised and sent up those roles, playing them to the hilt while emphasising her strength.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
So many of the stereotypes people have about Los Angeles are shared with Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But in the Maghreb, it challenges stereotypes of families tending to be large.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
About twenty to twenty-five years ago, social activists started a campaign to get rid of unfair, negative racial stereotypes.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
