stereotype
ste·reo·type
noun
1.
a conventional or formulaic conception or image
- “regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding”
verb
1.
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
- “I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”
Origin
Borrowed from French stéréotype (adjective), equivalent to stereo- + type. Printing sense is from 1817; the “conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image” sense is recorded from 1922 in Walter Lippmann’s book Public Opinion.
Phrases
- stereotype tax
- stereotype threat
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