stereotype
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stereotype
A highly simplified and generalized idea or fixed image of a particular group of people or thing, often based on prejudice.
Die Annahme, dass alle Professoren zerstreut sind, ist ein bekanntes Stereotyp.
The assumption that all professors are absent-minded is a well-known stereotype.
stereotype plate
In historical printing technology, a fixed printing plate made as a cast from a typeset page in order to allow large print runs.
Für den Druck der Zeitung wurden früher Stereotype aus Blei verwendet.
In the past, lead stereotype plates were used to print newspapers.
The word comes from Greek: 'stereos' means 'solid' and 'typos' means 'impression' or 'print'. This origin explains both meanings: the fixed printing plate (historical) and the fixed, unchanging image in one's mind (modern).
Die Vorstellung von Nationalcharakteren basiert oft auf alten Stereotypen.
The idea of national characters is often based on old stereotypes.
In social contexts, 'Stereotyp' (stereotype) is often used with verbs like 'bedienen' (to play into), 'bestätigen' (to confirm), 'widerlegen' (to refute), or 'abbauen' (to break down). People also say 'in Stereotypen denken' (to think in stereotypes).
Der Film versucht bewusst, gängige Stereotype zu widerlegen.
The film deliberately tries to refute common stereotypes.
To say what a stereotype is about, German usually uses the preposition 'über' (about) followed by the accusative.
Es gibt viele Stereotype über das Leben auf dem Land.
There are many stereotypes about life in the countryside.
The meaning of the printing plate is very rare today and occurs only in specialist texts about the history of printing technology. In almost all modern contexts, the social stereotype is meant.
Das Museum zeigte alte Druckmaschinen und die dazugehörigen Stereotype.
The museum displayed old printing presses and the corresponding stereotype plates.
prejudice
Vorurteil is a preconceived, usually negative assessment of a person or group. Stereotyp is initially the highly simplified and generalized image itself, which often forms the basis for a prejudice. Vorurteil fits when the judgment is emphasized; Stereotyp fits when the sweeping pattern of thought is emphasized.
Die Vorstellung, diese Gruppe sei immer unzuverlässig, ist ein Stereotyp.
The idea that this group is always unreliable is a stereotype.
Die unbegründete negative Meinung über die Gruppe ist ein Vorurteil.
The unfounded negative opinion about the group is prejudice.
