stereotypical role

collocation in English

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stereotypical
adjective
uk
/ˌster.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌster.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
with the qualities that people usually expect of a particular type of person or thing, although this idea may ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofstereotypicalandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstereotypical role

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Among those, the activities described vary in terms of how much conscious shaping of events they actually involve and in how far they reflectstereotypicalrolemodels.
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Thestereotypicalroleof wifedom has also been explored through use of gynoids.
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Strategies include: disidentification with giftedness, trying to maintain a very low visibility (invisibility), or creating a high-visibility identity (playing astereotypicalroleassociated with giftedness).
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Coping strategies include: disidentification with giftedness, attempting to maintain a low visibility, or creating a high-visibility identity (playing astereotypicalroleassociated with giftedness).
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He continued to do work on both stage and screen, but usually in thestereotypicalroleof a thug.
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Ledonne added elements to the game to criticize subjects varying from public reaction to the disaster, tostereotypicalrole-playing game conventions.
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But, from inside households, there begins to emerge evidence for a more equal distribution of care work, in radical transformation from the strongly gender stereotypical roles of the communist era.
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The bias in the media towards youthful attractiveness means that images of older people are rare, and largely confined to a narrow set of stereotypical roles.
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They can not understand why a woman would dress like a man when they have fought so hard to escape such stereotypical roles.
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They view the stereotypical roles as their performance in a larger satire about misperception.
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By 1980 the book had been edited to remove some of what became perceived as stereotypical roles for females and to update terminology.
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The person may try out variety of stereotypical roles.
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Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party.
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