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ster·e·o·type
/ˈsterēəˌtīp/
noun

1. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or

idea of a particular type of person or thing.
"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"

Similar: standard/conventional image

2. a relief printing plate cast in a mold made from

composed type or an original plate.
verb

view or represent as a stereotype.

"the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial
wasteland"

Similar: typecast pigeonhole

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Stereotypes can be positive or negative and when

overgeneralized are applied to all members of a group.
For example, the model minority stereotype of Asian
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In social psychology, a stereotype is a fixed, over

generalized belief about a particular group or class
of people. By stereotyping we infer that a person has a
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Stereotype De!nition & Meaning -

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Mar 9, 2022 — : to form a fixed and often untrue or only
partly true idea about It's unfair to stereotype people
according to where they live. stereotype.

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Stereotype - Wikipedia
In social psychology, a stereotype is any thought widely
adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways
of behaving intended to represent the ...

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Stereotype definition, a simplified and standardized
conception or image invested with special meaning and held
in common by members of a group: Cowboys and ...

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STEREOTYPE | de!nition in the Cambridge

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6 days ago — an idea that is used to describe a particular
type of person or thing, or a person or thing thought to
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A stereotype is a preconceived notion, especially about a
group of people. Many stereotypes are rooted in prejudice —
so you should be wary of them.

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STEREOTYPE meaning: an often unfair and untrue belief that
many people have about all people or things with a particular
characteristic.

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If someone is stereotyped as
something, people form a
fixed general idea or image of
them, so that it is assumed
that they will behave in a 0:11
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A stereotype is a widely held, simplified, and essentialist
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