I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gender stereotype (= a fixed idea of what men or women are like )
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The characters in the novel were criticized for being gender stereotypes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cultural
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The cultural stereotype of cattle stealing as an exciting, adventurous activity may also have contributed to its acceptance.
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Academic Standards: A self-fulfilling effect of cultural stereotypes is diminished expectations.
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The most successful advertising campaigns have targeted cultural stereotypes by associating contraception with virility.
negative
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A number of negative stereotypes continue to exist regarding the performance of older workers.
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I thought that we should destroy the negative stereotypes about public housing residents.
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Such negative stereotypes are often reinforced by pervasive media images which portray the young as capable and glamorous.
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Is it a consciously ironic reversal of the negative stereotype of blacks?
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The leading engineers and managers who were involved in these consultations often retained strong negative stereotypes of the civil service.
old
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Fresh substance is given to old stereotypes .
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But in Disney movies, the old stereotypes are alive and well and beautifully animated, Giroux says.
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Still, old stereotypes and perceptions die hard on the other side of the desk.
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He talked about Hollywood, and the old racial stereotypes in the movies.
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Are feminists just repeating old stereotypes ?
popular
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Policy implications Current evidence indicates that older people are more healthy than popular stereotypes suggest.
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But they are not as affluent as popular stereotypes suggest.
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Contrary to the popular stereotype , they take care to dress smartly, according to current youth fashions.
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The perceptions and attitudes are being analysed at various levels ranging from intellectual appreciation to popular stereotypes .
racial
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Contrary to racial stereotypes , Georg has a sense of humour.
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The novel has been criticized for being offensive to blacks and for reinforcing racial stereotypes .
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With others we have prejudicial associations at the level of racial stereotypes .
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He talked about Hollywood, and the old racial stereotypes in the movies.
■ VERB
conform
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The problem is, however, that real history rarely conforms to later stereotypes .
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I don't need to conform to a prevailing stereotype in the search for distinguished and illustrious positions.
fit
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But everyone knows real old people who do not fit the stereotypes: so discarding follows.
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In this era of lawyer-bashing, he hardly fits the stereotype of the senior partner in a big, big firm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Charles quite plainly did not fit the stereotype of a successful, high powered businessman.
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racial stereotypes
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The film is full of stereotypes: a stupid blonde, a fat American tourist, and a gay man with huge muscles.
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the racial stereotype of Asian girls as quiet and hard-working
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They rejected the sexual stereotype of blue for a boy and pink for a girl, and dressed their baby in other colors instead.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At 41, Craig Benson would seem to be the stereotype of a Steve Forbes supporter, which he decidedly is not.
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Gone is the stereotype of a pothead hippie.
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Here the universe of the stereotype is starkly revealed in all its mechanical and mercantile glory.
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Looked at more closely, the stereotype dissolves.
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Real skins are much less coherent than the stereotype .
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Still, old stereotypes and perceptions die hard on the other side of the desk.
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The film explores alternative sexuality with coy eroticism and a brazen wit, but without resorting to degrading stereotypes.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Teachers often stereotype kids who speak with strong regional accents.
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There is a tendency to stereotype childless women as being hard and career-orientated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As with the stereotyping and stigmatizing of welfare recipients, views about teenage childbearing are frequently extraordinarily simplistic.
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I guess I have to refrain from stereotyping fraternities now.
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I have avoided attempting to stereotype you and the life you lead.
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One particularly gifted black student refused to be stereotyped into teaching only ESOl and literacy by potential employers.
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There may be tendencies to stereotype a scholar and thus ignore his highly creative experience.
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This reflects not only homophobia but also sexism, since gay men are stereotyped as effeminate, too much like women.