| 单词 | stereotype |
| 释义 | stereotype (once / 1880 pages) nv A stereotype is a preconceived notion, especially about a group of people. Many stereotypes are racist, sexist, or homophobic. Have you ever heard someone say Irish people are all drunks, or African-American people are always late, or women are bad drivers? Those are stereotypes: commonly held ideas about specific groups. You most often hear about negative stereotypes, but some are positive. For example, there's a stereotype that Asian people do better in school. One of many problems with any stereotype is that even if it's true in some cases, it's certainly not true in all cases. WORD FAMILYstereotype: stereotyped, stereotypes, stereotypic, stereotypical, stereotyping+/stereotypical: stereotypically USAGE EXAMPLESOr, “Do you realize what a stereotype that is?” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) I wrote about Asian Americans fighting to be seen and treated as whole people and fully American, rather than as stereotypes. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) But Williams told the judge last week the comments must be viewed in the context of racial stereotypes. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a conventional or formulaic conception or image regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding Hyper internal representation, mental representation, representation a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image 2v treat or classify according to a mental stereotype I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European Syn|Hyper pigeonhole, stamp assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out arrange or order by classes or categories |
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