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stereotype

Definition for stereotype

noun as in idea held as standard, example

verb as in categorize as being example, standard

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Example Sentences

Nicola added: "People do pigeon hole us. I want to breakdown that stereotype, I have a full and happy life."

From BBC

But the stereotype of romance-hungry women and love-reluctant men doesn't reflect reality.

From Salon

We should break the stereotype that it is only curry — that’s not true.

From Salon

Vimal says there's a stereotype that British Asian parents prefer their children to focus on their school work.

From BBC

To suggest that a Black person is lazy is a very old white racist stereotype that has its origins in white on Black chattel slavery and the American apartheid system that deemed Black people as incapable of full citizenship, “natural” slaves, childlike and members of a subordinate and inferior group that was unfit for freedom.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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