stereotype

CEFRB2

/ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A fixed and often unfair idea about a group.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

Examples

  • It is a stereotype that police officers always eat doughnuts.

  • I've never heard of that stereotype!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtʌɪp]
  • /ˌstiɹ.joˈtaɪp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.

  2. A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

  3. An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

More examples

In context

  • Not all Zumbetonians wear plimsolls. That's just a stereotype.

  • to stereotype the Bible

  • Instead we notice a trait which marks a well known type, and fill in the rest of the picture by means of the stereotypes we carry about in our heads.

Synonyms

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It is unfair to judge a person based on a common blank about their nationality.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French stéréotype (adjective), equivalent to stereo- + type. Printing sense is from 1817; the “conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image” sense is recorded from 1922 in Walter Lippmann’s book Public Opinion.