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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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“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

The performers do polished work, although their characters are somewhat, um, bloodless stereotypes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

I know people have all sorts of stereotypes about Asians, but I don’t.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée