STEREOTYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stereotype mean? 

• STEREOTYPE (noun)
  The noun STEREOTYPE has 1 sense:

1. a conventional or formulaic conception or image

  Familiarity information: STEREOTYPE used as a noun is very rare.

• STEREOTYPE (verb)
  The verb STEREOTYPE has 1 sense:

1. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

  Familiarity information: STEREOTYPE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEREOTYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conventional or formulaic conception or image

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding

Hypernyms ("stereotype" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Derivation:

stereotype (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)

stereotypic; stereotypical (lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality)

• STEREOTYPE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stereotype    ... he / she / it stereotypes   
Past simple: stereotyped   
Past participle: stereotyped   
-ing form: stereotyping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype

Context example:

I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

Hypernyms (to "stereotype" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

stereotype (a conventional or formulaic conception or image)

 Context examples 

These slips were printed in stereotyped forms and he had received hundreds of them—as many as a dozen or more on each of his earlier manuscripts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The affected individual may also exhibit repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior similar to autism.

(Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder most often diagnosed in the pediatric years in which the individual displays marked impairment in social interaction and a repetitive, stereotyped pattern of behavior.

(Asperger Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An involuntary, compulsive, repetitive stereotyped movement, usually of the face or shoulders.

(Muscular Tic, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by marked impairments in social interaction and communication accompanied by a pattern of repetitive, stereotyped behaviors and activities.

(Autism, NCI Thesaurus)

The study suggests that such services identify gender based on outdated stereotypes.

(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)

This leads to a reduction of spontaneous locomotion and aggressiveness, suppression of conditioned response, antagonism of stereotyped behaviour and hyperactivity induced by amphetamines.

(Molindone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as historical in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer wonder tales in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And their refusals had been cold-blooded, automatic, stereotyped.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"These systems run the risk of reinforcing stereotypes of what you should look like if you want to be recognized as a man or a woman," said Scheuerman.

(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)