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

  1. ‘Sex workers who appeared as guests on the shows also made statements that defied the usual stereotypes associated with prostitution.’
  2. ‘Americans' attitudes towards the elderly still fit the traditional stereotypes.’
  3. ‘There are a lot of misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding feminism and feminists.’
  4. ‘A person in this stage also participates in transforming racial and cultural stereotypes
  5. biases
  6. attitudes
  7. beliefs and behaviors.’
  8. ‘They only serve to reinforce society's stereotypes of who we are.’
  9. ‘This suggests that negative stereotypes are not widely held or are at least cloaked in external civility.’
  10. ‘I think it transcends the ideas
  11. stereotypes and societal expectations of what it means to be a man or a woman.’
  12. ‘When racial and sexual stereotypes are mixed in
  13. personal fear becomes public hysteria.’
  14. ‘They're employing people and creating commerce
  15. and they're dispelling old stereotypes about gay business owners.’
  16. ‘His stories have been heralded as great folk storytelling and lambasted as perpetuating racial stereotypes.’
  17. ‘Gender stereotypes were challenged in a variety of ways.’
  18. ‘Because of this
  19. it is crucial that research continues in this area so that racial myths
  20. stereotypes and prejudice within New Zealand can be exposed and understood.’
  21. ‘Done badly
  22. they can reinforce racial stereotypes and increase the prejudices they were designed to reduce.’
  23. ‘Her work examines notions of racial identity and cultural stereotypes.’
  24. ‘But the tired old stereotype is now under pressure.’
  25. ‘Editors had a growing body of feminist literature on which to draw
  26. but stereotypes persisted.’
  27. ‘I had found from talking to Lara yesterday that she really didn't fit the regular stereotype of most women.’
  28. ‘It's a stretch
  29. but maybe the editors are showing the interplay between racial and sexual stereotypes.’
  30. ‘They also stressed the need to promote a positive approach to ageing and overcome the negative stereotypes associated with it.’
  31. ‘Here was a man who fit our stereotypes of the nice American.’