Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
stereotype noun
/ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/ n [C] disapproving
a fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong
racial/sexual stereotypes
He doesn't conform to/fit/fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
The characters in the book are just stereotypes.
(Definition of stereotype noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
