stereotyping
stereotyping is the present participle and gerund of stereotype.
Meaning of stereotype
Verb
stereotype (third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)
- To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- Unable to ascertain what is in the minds of so many individuals, he must try to simplify his problems by eliminating individual differences: he must try to control and stereotype interests and beliefs by education and propaganda.1957, Karl Popper, chapter 24, in The Poverty of Historicism, FIRST HARPER TORCH BOOK edition, page 90
- To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
- to stereotype the Bible
- To print from a stereotype.
- To make firm or permanent; to fix.
- Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is
Noun
stereotyping (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypings)
- The process of making something into a stereotype.
Forms of stereotyping
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Questions about stereotyping
- What does stereotyping mean?
- Stereotyping means the process of making something into a stereotype.
- What is stereotyping the present participle and gerund of?
- Stereotyping is the present participle and gerund of stereotype.
- What part of speech is stereotyping?
- Stereotyping is a noun.
- What is the plural of stereotyping?
- The plural of stereotyping is stereotypings.
Words near stereotyping in the dictionary
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