What part of speech is stereotype?

Stereotype can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. stereotype is a verb, present, 1st person singular of stereotype (infinitive).
  • 2. stereotype is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. stereotype is a noun, singular of stereotypes.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does stereotype mean?

Definitions

Verb

stereotype - To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
stereotype - To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
stereotype - To print from a stereotype.
stereotype - To make firm or permanent; to fix.

Noun

stereotype - a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

Examples of stereotype

#   Sentence  
1. noun But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
2. noun It is a stereotype that police officers always eat doughnuts.
3. noun It's a stereotype.
4. noun I've never heard of that stereotype!
5. noun It's an old stereotype.
6. noun There is no such thing as a good stereotype.
7. noun Is that stereotype true?
8. noun It's unfair to stereotype all young people as potential troublemakers.
9. noun There is a stereotype of opera singers as being fat.
10. noun I don't want to be a stereotype.
11. noun Sami didn't fit that stereotype.
12. noun Don't stereotype Japanese people.
13. noun Don't stereotype Muslims.
14. noun That's still technically a stereotype.
15. noun It sounds like a Southern stereotype, but I swear it’s true.
Sentence  
noun
But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
It is a stereotype that police officers always eat doughnuts.
It's a stereotype.
I've never heard of that stereotype!
It's an old stereotype.
There is no such thing as a good stereotype.
Is that stereotype true?
It's unfair to stereotype all young people as potential troublemakers.
There is a stereotype of opera singers as being fat.
I don't want to be a stereotype.
Sami didn't fit that stereotype.
Don't stereotype Japanese people.
Don't stereotype Muslims.
That's still technically a stereotype.
It sounds like a Southern stereotype, but I swear it’s true.

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