Dictionary entry
Stereotyped
Pronunciation: /ˈstɛrɪətʌɪpt/
Pronunciation
/ˈstɛrɪətʌɪpt/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) ပုံသေသွမ်းထားသော။ပုံသေဖြစ်သော။
Definition
stereotype / 'steriǝtaÇp / n [C] ပံုေသကားက်ပံုစံ။ သမား႐ိုးက်ပံုစံ။ racial/ sexual stereotypes ❍ He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the city businessman with a dark suit and briefcase. ❍ the stereotype view of women as housewives. ❏ stereotyped adj ပံုေသကားက် ပံုသြင္းထား ေသာ။ a play full of stereotyped characters. ❏ stereotypical / sterÇǝ'tpÇkl / adj ပံုေသကားက်။ သမား႐ိုး က်။ a stereotypical portrayal of a gay man. ❏ stereotyping n [U] ပံုစံသြင္းျခင္း။ sexual stereotyping.
Examples
- ‘Sex workers who appeared as guests on the shows also made statements that defied the usual stereotypes associated with prostitution.’
- ‘Americans' attitudes towards the elderly still fit the traditional stereotypes.’
- ‘There are a lot of misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding feminism and feminists.’
- ‘A person in this stage also participates in transforming racial and cultural stereotypes
- biases
- attitudes
- beliefs and behaviors.’
- ‘They only serve to reinforce society's stereotypes of who we are.’
- ‘This suggests that negative stereotypes are not widely held or are at least cloaked in external civility.’
- ‘I think it transcends the ideas
- stereotypes and societal expectations of what it means to be a man or a woman.’
- ‘When racial and sexual stereotypes are mixed in
- personal fear becomes public hysteria.’
- ‘They're employing people and creating commerce
- and they're dispelling old stereotypes about gay business owners.’
- ‘His stories have been heralded as great folk storytelling and lambasted as perpetuating racial stereotypes.’
- ‘Gender stereotypes were challenged in a variety of ways.’
- ‘Because of this
- it is crucial that research continues in this area so that racial myths
- stereotypes and prejudice within New Zealand can be exposed and understood.’
- ‘Done badly
- they can reinforce racial stereotypes and increase the prejudices they were designed to reduce.’
- ‘Her work examines notions of racial identity and cultural stereotypes.’
- ‘But the tired old stereotype is now under pressure.’
- ‘Editors had a growing body of feminist literature on which to draw
- but stereotypes persisted.’
- ‘I had found from talking to Lara yesterday that she really didn't fit the regular stereotype of most women.’
- ‘It's a stretch
- but maybe the editors are showing the interplay between racial and sexual stereotypes.’
- ‘They also stressed the need to promote a positive approach to ageing and overcome the negative stereotypes associated with it.’
- ‘Here was a man who fit our stereotypes of the nice American.’