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stereotypes

NOUN

idea held as standard, example

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pattern

STRONG

average boilerplate convention custom fashion formula institution mold

WEAK

received idea

Antonyms

WEAK

difference

VERB

categorize as being example, standard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pigeonhole

STRONG

catalogue conventionalize define dub institutionalize normalize regulate standardize systematize typecast

WEAK

methodize take to be

Antonyms

STRONG

confuse disorganize

WEAK

differentiate dissimilate

Example Sentences

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Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who said his beard began as a “symbolic middle finger” to stereotypes of Muslims as terrorists, is the first New York City mayor with a beard in over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“There is also a subtler danger,” he writes, of AI “reflecting and reinforcing the stereotypes or ideological bias of their designers and developers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“A lot of the stereotypes of the West Coast are surfer boy or doesn’t take it seriously,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

But classically trained musicians in the city said they were angry that it was being "weaponised" against young people, reinforcing stereotypes of it being elitist and exclusive.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The museum focuses on stereotypes, prejudice, genocide, the history of intolerance.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers