negative stereotype
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- noun
- Offensive
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estereotipo negativo
- There is, in short, a pecking order of negative stereotypes, as there is of positive ones.
- dispel negative stereotypes
- counter negative stereotypes
- hold negative stereotypes
We are doing this by reinforcing negative stereotypes, destructive stereotypes.
- We are doing this by reinforcing negative stereotypes, destructive stereotypes.
- They do hold more severe negative stereotypes.
Examples
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Appalshop's mission is to honor Appalachian culture and to counter negative stereotypes of "hillbillies" in mass media.
Academic text (1994) -
There is often a negative stereotype of the librarian in the educational setting.
Academic text (1993) -
In Western society, an extremely negative stereotype of overweight people exists.
Academic text (1997) -
I just want to thank you for coming out as a lesbian and confirming every negative stereotype about us.
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Does this position on mothers challenge the negative stereotype of women in Islam?
Blog text (17) -
But that claim, along with other negative stereotypes about black men today, is false.
Blog text (13) -
Usually, media images emerge as prompts for negative stereotypes about life in developing countries.
Academic text (1998) -
A good many students said that negative stereotypes may be a problem of "the unconscious psyche."
Academic text (1991) -
The team has established several priorities, the first of which is to dispel the negative stereotypes of youths in foster care.
Academic text (2010) -
Many students face negative stereotypes about their abilities based on their backgrounds.
Synonyms
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A fixed, simple idea about a group of people or things that is often wrong
An unfair, simple idea about a group of people that can hurt them
How Harmful
- NSFW
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7.0
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4.8
- Offensive
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5.8
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- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'negative' (unfavorable, harmful) with 'stereotype' (an oversimplified fixed belief); the adjective simply specifies the valence of the stereotype. This adjective+noun composition follows standard semantic modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Negative stereotype: The word stereotype comes from old printing, where a metal plate made the same picture again and again, so the image was a 'fixed picture'. A negative stereotype is like that fixed picture but about a group of people — a repeated, 'wrong' and 'harmful' idea, so it means 'an oversimplified and usually harmful idea'.