(~s, stereotyping, ~d)
1.
A ~ 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 ~ of the ideal man.
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2.
If someone is ~d 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 ~d by some as a rebel...
I get very worked up about the way women are ~d in a lot of mainstream films...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed as n, be V-ed