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Bvpraveen Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning : Stereotypical

I tried to find its meaning from dictionaries, but I couldn't get the clear picture of it.

Can anyone explain the meaning of 'Stereotype' with examples.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Praveen, don't you look up your words in the Cambridge Online Dictionaries first? The examples there are really helpful. Here is the defintion and examples from that link: Definition stereotype [Show phonetics] noun [C] DISAPPROVING a fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong: racial/sexual stereotypes He doesn't conform to/fit/fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.

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  • Praveen, don't you look up your words in the Cambridge Online Dictionaries first?
  • The examples there are really helpful.
  • Here is the defintion and examples from that link: Definition stereotype [Show phonetics] noun [C] DISAPPROVING a fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong: racial/sexual stereotypes He doesn't conform to/fit/fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
  • The characters in the book are just stereotypes.
  • stereotype [Show phonetics] verb [T] DISAPPROVING to have a fixed idea about what a particular type of person is like, especially an idea that is wrong: The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women.
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Praveen, don't you look up your words in the Cambridge Online Dictionaries first? The examples there are really helpful. Here is the defintion and examples from that link:

Definition
stereotype [Show phonetics]
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
a fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong:
racial/sexual stereotypes
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LL, as you said, I usually first check with my Webster dictionary which I got it at home. But, it is more formal and can't get the meanings right.

Ofcourse, Cambridge Online dictionary explains them in simpler terms and I find it easier. So, I have to think over which dictionary to use.
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