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Definition of stereotype verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

stereotype

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈstɛriəˌtaɪp//
 
[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they stereotype
 
 he / she / it stereotypes
 
 past simple stereotyped
 
-ing form stereotyping
 
 
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to form a fixed idea about a person or thing that may not really be true stereotype somebody Children from certain backgrounds tend to be stereotyped by their teachers. stereotype somebody as something Why are professors stereotyped as absentminded?
ster‧e‧o‧typed
 
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adjective a play full of stereotyped characters
ster‧e‧o‧typ‧ing
 
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noun [uncountable] sexual stereotypingSee stereotype in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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