stereotype

[ˈsteriətaɪp]

Definition:
1. A conventional or formulaic conception or image.
2. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.

Use 'stereotype' in a sentence:

1. Polly screamed and added his stereotype witticism.
2. The report, which was released at the end of March, caused a stir in the country, fueling the popular stereotype that the kangaroo tribe is made up of South Koreans who have failed to achieve success in life.
3. You are likely to find many people who have stereotyped ideas about women.
4. The very act of acknowledging that they are African-American when given a test ignites in them thoughts of their own stereotype, which is negative regarding academics and that makes them do worse.
5. There is none of the gender stereotyping usually evident in school uniforms.
6. Applying the stereotype to a Package does several things.
7. "Stereotype" may sound like a bad word, but there's nothing bad about it.
8. Also add the stereotype to it.
9. I realize that I'm stereotyping.
10. You ask them, on the other hand, to mark down their sex, they do worse because they're reminded of a negative stereotype.
11. You ask them, on the other hand, to mark down their sex, they do worse because they are reminded of a negative stereotype.
12. Many men feel their body shape doesn't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.
13. Create a profile that USES stereotype associations.
14. This is what psychologist, Claude Steele, described as stereotype threat.
15. By using those stereotypes, you can design C# constructs.
16. "Schools in the family of vocational education have that stereotype, that it's for kids who can't make it academically," he says.
17. It is a stereotype but it's a statistically robust one and nobody lines up to protest this.
18. Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can't escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never married, alcoholic mothers.
19. The very act of acknowledging that they are African-Americans when given a test ignites in them thoughts of their own stereotype which is negative regarding academics and that makes them do worse.
20. It's Dickens in part, that stereotype of old London, of the urban working class, but it's not just Dickens. Moby Dick is here too.
21. A stereotype is a simplistic or exaggerated image that humans carrying in their minds about groups of people.
22. They hardly fit the stereotype of young radicals.
23. Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype?
24. Stereotype classes according to their patterns.
25. There is a sameness about all these tales. They're so stereotyped--all about talented scholars and lovely ladies.
26. It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content.
27. All of Goebbels's speeches sounded the note of stereotyped fanaticism.
28. The survey shows us that today's teens are affectionate, sensible and far happier than the angry and tortured souls that have been painted for us by stereotypes.
29. I get very worked up about the way women are stereotyped in a lot of mainstream films.
30. First, add the stereotype to this class.
31. Was it really necessary to trot out the same old stereotypes about Ireland?
32. Wu Meng, writing in the Global Times, opines that the stereotype of the No. 1 student as a narrowminded bookworm who only knows how to take tests is outdated.
33. If these sources don't give you an accurate depiction, your stereotype won't be accurate.
34. He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious ( though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past.
35. Contrary to some stereotypes, most adolescents believe they must be tolerant of differences among individuals ( though they do not always find this easy in the cliquish environment of high school).
36. He was stereotyped by some as a rebel.
37. I wanted to break this stereotype.
38. They are reinforcing stereotypes that boys are'silly'in class, refuse to'sit nicely like the girls'and are more likely to indulge in'schoolboy pranks'.
39. How big an effect can this "stereotype threat" have?
40. He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.
41. That's a ridiculous stereotype.
42. They were filled with racial stereotypes, I mean, it looked like something from the 1930s.
43. The stereotype concerns especially husbands of pharmacists, who have been able to earn a good income without help from their husbands …. Also hairdressing shop keeper ’ s husband has a chance to become a shutter man, as these women often earn quite good.
44. For example, lawyers are shrewd and dishonest is a popular stereotype.
45. This new hairstyle is challenging stereotypes everywhere, the Man Bun is when hair is pulled back from the forehead and tied into a little bun just below the crown of the head, and there can be some hair left out if that is what you desire.
46. They're reminded of a positive stereotype that boosts their morale.
47. Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes.
48. The data, however, do not seem to confirm this stereotype.
49. There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.
50. Why are professors stereotyped as absent-minded?
51. The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth.
52. It did not conform to the usual stereotype of an industrial city.
53. I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another.
54. He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the businessman with a dark suit and briefcase.
55. That this is a positive stereotype makes it no less a stereotype, and therefore unacceptable.
56. Children from certain backgrounds tend to be stereotyped by their teachers.