stereotype
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“We’ve felt that stereotype always, but it makes us have more pride. We double down on who we are.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
He was living a very different life to the stereotype of a footballer - Whiteman didn't play golf and would ride his bike or get the train to training.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
This is an “identity contingency” that plays out “whenever we’re in a situation where a bad stereotype about one of our own identities could be applied to us,” potentially becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
It’s not the stereotype on its own that is the problem, he says: “it’s the predicament that matters.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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