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# stereotype

«stereotype» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fixed, too-simple idea about what all people of one…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stereotype, stereotypes); verb (stereotype, stereotypes, stereotyped, stereotyping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stereotype is a fixed, too-simple idea about what all people of one group are like, for example that all girls like pink or all old people are slow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#m1)

2) To stereotype people is to judge them by such an idea instead of as the person they really are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#m2)

3) A stereotype is a character in a story who is not real or deep but is made from such a simple idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#m3)

4) As an adjective, stereotype can mean fixed and unoriginal, like a joke or remark that is said over and over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE, citizenship and ethics lessons stereotypes are linked with prejudice and unfair treatment; pupils learn to spot them in adverts, books and jokes. In English lessons a «stereotypical» villain or princess is a flat character. Phrases: «a gender stereotype», «break the stereotype», «fit the stereotype», «challenge stereotypes».

### examples

- It is a stereotype that boys don't cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x1)
- The advert used the old stereotype of the grumpy teenager. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x2)
- Don't stereotype people because of where they come from. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x3)
- She broke the stereotype by becoming the first female captain of the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x4)
- In our book, the witch is a stereotype: ugly, cruel and cackling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x5)
- Stereotypes can make people feel left out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x6)
- He was stereotyped as lazy, but he worked harder than anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x7)
- Ha! ha! ha!” screamed Polly, and added his stereotype witticism. “Come, let us be men!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/#x8)

### note

Spelling: stereo-type, with «e» after r. Adjective «stereotypical», adverb «stereotypically». A stereotype is not the same as a fact about a group: even if some people fit it, many do not, so it is unfair to judge any one person by it.

### In the corpora

- [«Spoilt only child» is a stereotype; many only children do plenty of chores.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/35/)
- [A stereotype judges a whole group by one picture; fair facts come from reliable sources and from members of the faith themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/17/)
- [Lots of older people use technology well; a rule about everyone of one age is a stereotype.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stereotype» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.