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Past tense of stereotype

regular verb

The past tense of stereotype is stereotyped. The past participle is also stereotyped.

Forms of stereotype

Base form (V1)stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
Past tense (V2)stereotyped
Past participle (V3)stereotyped
Present participlestereotyping
Third person singularstereotypes

Stereotyped in a sentence

  • An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.From the entry only child
  • Vegans are variously stereotyped as ascetics, faddists, sentimentalists, or in some cases, hostile extremists.2011 March, Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, “Vegaphobia: derogatory discourses of veganism and the reproduction of speciesism in UK national…. From the entry vegaphobia
  • I avoid swamping the reader in the stereotyped recurrent housewively discourse.2005, Rudrani Fakir, The Goddess and the Slave: The Fakir, the Mother and Maldevelopment, Varanasi: Indica Books, →ISBN, page 228. From the entry housewively
  • The implication was that Ms Purkiss had been stereotyped by the check-in staff as ‘foreign'.1999, Pamela Brown, Tackling Racism: One Day Training Workshop. From the entry check-in
  • These discussions provide an opportunity to re-explicate some gender-related stereotyped behavior.1998, Carmen Andreescu, Women's Growth in Diversity: More Writings From the Stone Center. From the entry re-explicate

Meaning of stereotype

  1. noun A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
  2. noun A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  3. noun A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

Full definition of stereotype

Questions about the past tense of stereotype

What is the past tense of stereotype?
The past tense of stereotype is stereotyped.
What is the past participle of stereotype?
The past participle of stereotype is stereotyped.
Is stereotype a regular or irregular verb?
Stereotype is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stereotype (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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