stereotype
To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotypeTo make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
» It's an old stereotype.
Das ist ein altes Klischee.
Это старый стереотип.
Це старий стереотип.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
(transitive)To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
to stereotype the Bible
(transitive)To print from a stereotype.
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
(figuratively, transitive)To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Examples
80 sentencesIt's an old stereotype.
Це старий стереотип.
ruЭто старый стереотип.
deDas ist ein altes Klischee.
Tom doesn't believe in stereotypes.
Том не вірить у стереотипи.
ruТом не верит в стереотипы.
I hate stereotypes.
Я ненавиджу стереотипи.
ruНенавижу стереотипы.
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Стереотипи існують не без причини.
There is some truth behind stereotypes.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from French stéréotype (adjective), equivalent to stereo- + type. Printing senseBorrowed 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.
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Forms
stereotypes, stereotyping, stereotyped, stereotyped| Base form | stereotype · to stereotype |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stereotypes |
| Present participle | stereotyping |
| Past simple | stereotyped |
| Past participle | stereotyped |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonyms- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype:pigeonholestamp
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle