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stereotypestereotype2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEstereotype |
Present | I, you, we, they | stereotype | | he, she, it | stereotypes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stereotyped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stereotyped | | he, she, it | has stereotyped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stereotyped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stereotype | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stereotyped |
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Present | I | am stereotyping | | he, she, it | is stereotyping | | you, we, they | are stereotyping | Past | I, he, she, it | was stereotyping | | you, we, they | were stereotyping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stereotyping | | he, she, it | has been stereotyping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stereotyping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stereotyping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stereotyping |
- Teachers often stereotype kids who speak with strong regional accents.
- There is a tendency to stereotype childless women as being hard and career-orientated.
- As with the stereotyping and stigmatizing of welfare recipients, views about teenage childbearing are frequently extraordinarily simplistic.
- I guess I have to refrain from stereotyping fraternities now.
- I have avoided attempting to stereotype you and the life you lead.
- One particularly gifted black student refused to be stereotyped into teaching only ESOl and literacy by potential employers.
- There may be tendencies to stereotype a scholar and thus ignore his highly creative experience.
- This reflects not only homophobia but also sexism, since gay men are stereotyped as effeminate, too much like women.
to say that someone or something belongs to a particular type► categorize also categorise British to decide that someone or something belongs to a particular group of people or things that have similar qualities: categorize somebody/something as something: · Dali was categorized as a surrealist painter.· Forecasts suggest that by the year 2010, only about 30 percent of U.S. households will be categorized as middle class. ► classify to put things or people into particular groups, especially according to an official or scientific system: classify somebody/something as something: · Carpentry and furniture making are usually classified as skilled trades.classify somebody/something by/according to something: · Wines can be classified according to their sugar content - that is dry, medium or sweet.· Eggs are classified by weight as Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small, and Peewee. ► stereotype to decide unfairly, that certain people have particular qualities, abilities, or needs, for example because they are of a particular sex, race, or social class: · Teachers often stereotype kids who speak with strong regional accents.stereotype somebody as something: · There is a tendency to stereotype childless women as being hard and career-orientated. ► pigeonhole to say that someone or something can be described as a particular type or group, in a way that is too simple and therefore unfair: · You shouldn't pigeonhole people according to your first impressions of them.· When your band becomes successful, people immediately try to pigeonhole you, but we're into all kinds of music - dance, rock, jazz, blues. ► under if you include something under a particular category or heading, you decide that it belongs to that particular group of things: classify/categorize/file/list something under something: · In our library, novels are classified under Crime, Romance, and General.· The Association of British Travel Agents is listed under "Trade Associations and Professional Bodies" in the Yellow Pages. ► a gender stereotype (=a fixed idea of what men or women are like)· The characters in the novel were criticized for being gender stereotypes. to decide unfairly that a type of person has particular qualities or abilities because they belong to a particular race, sex, or social classbe stereotyped as something Homeless people are stereotyped as alcoholics or addicts.GRAMMAR Stereotype is often used in the passive.—stereotyping noun [uncountable]—stereotyped adjective |