STEREOTYPE


Meaning of STEREOTYPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ steriətaɪp ]

( stereotypes, stereotyping, stereotyped)

1.

A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.

Many men feel their body shape doesn’t live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone is stereotyped as something, people form a fixed general idea or image of them, so that it is assumed that they will behave in a particular way.

He was stereotyped by some as a rebel...

I get very worked up about the way women are stereotyped in a lot of mainstream films...

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed as n , be V-ed

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