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стереотип — meaning in English

stereotip

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English meaning

  • stereotype noun An oversimplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people, often unfair or inaccurate.

Senses

стереотип is used for these senses in English:

  • stereotype A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
  • stereotype (software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

stereotype — full definition

  1. noun An oversimplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people, often unfair or inaccurate.
  2. verb To judge or portray someone based on an oversimplified idea of the group they belong to, rather than as an individual.

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