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