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- Dictionarystereotyped/ˈstɛrɪə(ʊ)ˌtʌɪpt/
adjective
- 1. viewed or represented as a stereotype: "the film is weakened by its stereotyped characters"
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a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong: racial / sexual stereotypes. He doesn't conform to/ fit / fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman. The characters in the book are just stereotypes. Compare. prototype. Fewer examples. I think I fit the popular stereotype of a mad scientist.
noun. 1. : a plate cast from a printing surface. 2. : something conforming to a fixed or general pattern. especially : a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
The meaning of STEREOTYPED is conforming to a fixed or general pattern or type. How to use stereotyped in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stereotyped.
to have a set idea about what a particular type of person is like, especially an idea that is wrong: The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women. We tried not to give the children sexually stereotyped toys. Synonym. pigeonhole. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying. analogy. archetypal
fixed or settled in form; hackneyed; conventional. Synonyms: dull, worn, stale, lifeless. Antonyms: unusual, rare. stereotyped. / ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪpt; ˈstɪər- / adjective. lacking originality or individuality; conventional; trite. reproduced from or on a stereotype printing plate.
Stereotype definition: a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group. See examples of STEREOTYPE used in a sentence.
/ˈsteriətaɪp/ a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, but which is often not true in reality and may cause hurt and offence. cultural/gender/racial stereotypes. He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the businessman with a dark suit and briefcase. Collocations Race. Extra Examples.
Definition of stereotyped adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
stereotyped. adjective. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality. “ stereotyped phrases of condolence”. synonyms: stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative. conventional. unimaginative and conformist.
Outside of printing, the first reference to stereotype in English was in 1850, as a noun that meant 'image perpetuated without change'. However, it was not until 1922 that stereotype was first used in the modern psychological sense by American journalist Walter Lippmann in his work Public Opinion.
