stereotype
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception,…A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
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» It's an old stereotype.
Das ist ein altes Klischee. — Jan_Schreiber
Это старый стереотип. — marafon
Це старий стереотип. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
Not all Zumbetonians wear plimsolls. That's just a stereotype.
Stereotyp, Klischee, (psych.) Rollenklischee
стереоти́пstereotíp, клише́klišé
стереоти́пstereotýp
a conventional or formulaic conception or image
(countable, uncountable)A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
(countable, uncountable)A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
Stereotypie
(countable, uncountable)An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
Stereotyp
стереотипstereotip
Examples
80 sentencesIt's an old stereotype.
Це старий стереотип. — deniko
ruЭто старый стереотип. — marafon
deDas ist ein altes Klischee. — Jan_Schreiber
Tom doesn't believe in stereotypes.
Том не вірить у стереотипи. — deniko
ruТом не верит в стереотипы. — Wezel
I hate stereotypes.
Я ненавиджу стереотипи. — Ahha
ruНенавижу стереотипы. — ZegPhig
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Стереотипи існують не без причини. — deniko
There is some truth behind stereotypes.
Translations
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Origin
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
plural: stereotypes| Singular | stereotype |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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