stereotype

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/ UK /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #19734

Meanings

1

noun
A fixed, oversimplified idea about what a person or group is like.

The film plays on tired stereotypes about teenagers.
2

verb
To unfairly judge a person or group based on a fixed idea.

He was stereotyped as lazy just because of where he came from.

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2 verb · to unfairly judge a person... pigeonhole

Word family

Forms stereotypedstereotypesstereotyping

Derived forms counterstereotypecybertypemetastereotypestereotypablestereotyperstereotypicstereotypicalstereotypiststereotypographer

Related forms stereotypographystereotypy

Etymology

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.

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# stereotype

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
**Frequency rank:** 19734

## Meanings
1. A fixed, oversimplified idea about what a person or group is like.
2. To unfairly judge a person or group based on a fixed idea.

## Examples
- The film plays on tired stereotypes about teenagers.
- He was stereotyped as lazy just because of where he came from.

## Derived Forms
- counterstereotype
- cybertype
- metastereotype
- stereotypable
- stereotyper
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- stereotypist
- stereotypographer

## Related Forms
- stereotypography
- stereotypy

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Stereotype is 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. In present-day use, it can mean a fixed, oversimplified idea about what a person or group is like, or to unfairly judge a person or group based on a fixed idea.

## Topics
- People & Society

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