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In Your Own Words Explain What Stereotype Means

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stereotype

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

/ ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər- /

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noun

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.

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.

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), ster·e·o·typed, ster·e·o·typ·ing.

to characterize or regard as a stereotype: The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.

to give a fixed form to.

Printing. to make a stereotype of.

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Origin of stereotype

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

OTHER WORDS FROM stereotype

ster·e·o·typ·er, ster·e·o·typ·ist, noun ster·e·o·typ·i·cal, ster·e·o·typ·ic [ster-ee-uh-tip-ik, steer-], /ˌstɛr i əˈtɪp ɪk, ˌstɪər-/, adjective

Words nearby stereotype

stereotape, stereotaxic, stereotaxis, stereotomy, stereotropism, stereotype, stereotyped, stereotypical, stereotypy, stereovision, steric

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Words related to stereotype

pattern, pigeonhole, average, boilerplate, convention, custom, fashion, formula, institution, mold, catalogue, conventionalize, define, dub, institutionalize, normalize, regulate, standardize, systematize, typecast

How to use stereotype in a sentence

  • Unlike the Tibetans or Muslim Uyghurs of its far west, China's ethnic Mongol population has long been seen as pacified, content, and well-assimilated, fulfilling the stereotype of a "model minority" in a country bubbling with ethnic tensions.

  • It is imperative that we continue to battle the stereotypes and prejudices that prevent too many of us from making our best and highest contribution to our Republic.

  • Some workers were more likely to worry about stereotypes than others, whether because of their own innate fears or the actual prevalence of these attitudes in their work environments.

  • Science News has a long history covering race in America, including research on stereotypes and stigma, racial bias in research funding, and how the lack of diverse representation in clinical trials risks lives.

  • Many of these biases arise out of stereotypes — simplified beliefs that may not be true.

  • Give this gorgeous book to that friend who fits the stereotype.

  • A judge ruled that Black Piet indeed is a negative stereotype that infringes on the rights of black people in The Netherlands.

  • But it often feels more like something from a Japanese stereotype than anything explicitly offensive.

  • Our stereotype of the 'Roaring Twenties' is cocaine, nightclubs, and flapper girls.

  • So why is that such a lingering stereotype in the way pop culture represents Hollywood?

  • To look back, and to stereotype one bygone humour—what a hopeless thing!

  • The new edition, being printed from entirely new stereotype plates, is a great improvement upon former editions.

  • A new edition, brought down to the Present Time, and printed from entirely new stereotype plates.

  • This formed the matrix into which the molten metal was poured to make the stereotype plate, or die, for printing.

  • But that must be as it may; and if you think the acceptance dubious, it is much the better plan not to stereotype.

British Dictionary definitions for stereotype

stereotype

/ (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

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

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

verb (tr)

  1. to make a stereotype of
  2. to print from a stereotype

to impart a fixed usage or convention to

Derived forms of stereotype

stereotyper or stereotypist, noun stereotypic (ˌstɛrɪə ˈtɪpɪk, ˌstɪər-) or stereotypical, adjective

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

Cultural definitions for stereotype (1 of 2)

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

Cultural definitions for stereotype (2 of 2)

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

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

In Your Own Words Explain What Stereotype Means

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