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counterstereotype

counterstereotype noun: a person or thing acting in opposition to a stereotype.

Noun

counterstereotype (plural counterstereotypes)

  1. A person or thing acting in opposition to a stereotype.
    • He and his two best friends, Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) and Jib (Tony Revolori), are defiant counterstereotypes.2015 June 18, A. O. Scott, “Review: ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes”, in New York Times

Verb

counterstereotype (third-person singular simple present counterstereotypes, present participle counterstereotyping, simple past and past participle counterstereotyped)

  1. (ambitransitive) To act or treat in opposition to a stereotype.

Forms of counterstereotype

Noun
pluralcounterstereotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentcounterstereotypes
present participlecounterstereotyping
past participlecounterstereotyped
pastcounterstereotyped

Origin of counterstereotype

From counter- + stereotype.

Questions about counterstereotype

What does counterstereotype mean?
Counterstereotype means a person or thing acting in opposition to a stereotype.
What part of speech is counterstereotype?
Counterstereotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of counterstereotype?
The plural of counterstereotype is counterstereotypes.

Words near counterstereotype in the dictionary

  1. countersteers
  2. counterstep
  3. counterstepped
  4. counterstepping
  5. countersteps
  6. counterstereotype
  7. counterstereotyped
  8. counterstereotypes
  9. counterstereotypic
  10. counterstereotypical
  11. counterstereotypically

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