stereotype

Example Sentences

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She thinks there is a stereotype of what a prepper looks like, but in reality there is a spectrum.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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 was unfair to associate all fans with what happened that day, but it perhaps reinforced a long-held stereotype of what England supporters were like for some.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

“People tend to stereotype all things Jewish and what they don’t know about certain holidays with what they think they do,” Summers says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

They stopped relying on the actual evidence of their senses and fell back on a rigid and unyielding system, a stereotype.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell