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Pronunciation / Transliteration: estereótipo
"Precisamos desconstruir esse estereotipo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
"We must strive to break down gender stereotypes in the workplace."
- 1
To view or represent as a stereotype.
"It is unfair to stereotype all teenagers as being lazy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 18th century from French 'stéréotype', derived from Greek 'stereos' (solid) + 'typos' (imprint/mark), originally referring to a printing plate that cast a facsimile of a page of type. The metaphorical psychological sense of a fixed, unvarying image or idea developed around 1922 by Walter Lippmann.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stereotype" is said worldwide
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stéréotype
Transliteration: stéréotype
"Il ne faut pas céder au stéréotype."
Stereotyp
Transliteration: Stereotyp
"Dieses Klischee entspricht einem typischen Stereotyp."
stereotipo
Transliteration: stereotipo
"Dobbiamo superare questo stereotipo culturale."
estereotipo
Transliteration: estereotipo
"El anuncio refuerza un estereotipo de género."
estereótipo
Transliteration: estereótipo
"Precisamos desconstruir esse estereotipo."
रूढ़िबद्ध धारणा
Transliteration: rudhibaddh dharana
"हमें इस रूढ़िबद्ध धारणा को बदलना चाहिए।"
刻板印象
Transliteration: kèbǎn yìnxiàng
"我们应该打破对少数群体的刻板印象。"
고정관념
Transliteration: gojeonggwan-nyeom
"그것은 위험한 고정관념에 불과하다."
ステレオタイプ
Transliteration: sutereotaipu
"その古いステレオタイプを払拭する必要がある。"
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