Question

What does stereotype mean

Answer 1

A stereotype is a belief that someone / something is a specific way. Usually stereotypes are seen as offensive, but good stereotypes exist as well.

Step-by-step explanation:

For example, if I were to say something like "all Americans are violent", that'd be a negative stereotype because not all Americans are violent. But if I were to say "all Americans are hard-working", that'd be a good stereotype because being hard-working is a good personality trait.

Answer 2

A stereotype is like, for example, if it was your first time eating apples, and you had 100,000 apples in a field, and you tasted one bad apple, then you would think that all apples taste horrible. "All apples are bad." Would be a stereotype because not all of the apples were bad, you just tasted one bad apple.