as in concept
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation
the noble savage was a stereotype that appealed to 18th-century intellectuals, who viewed European civilization as decadent and corrupt
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Recent Examples of stereotype
Holly Alvarado, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
In Odd One Out, a group of similar people tries to root out a mole, thereby examining individual stereotypes (for example, a group of straight guys tries to identify the secretly gay one).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Thatcher and East, both of whom used to be associated with the Mormon Church, avoid stereotyping either their characters or their religion.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
By spotlighting women across all sectors of the business, the She Rocks Awards continues to challenge stereotypes and dismantle barriers.
—Holly Alvarado, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
In Odd One Out, a group of similar people tries to root out a mole, thereby examining individual stereotypes (for example, a group of straight guys tries to identify the secretly gay one).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Troy School District board president Karl Schmidt, who wrote letters with comments seen as stereotyping Asian people that were uncovered this year, was among those who lost, coming in sixth place among seven candidates.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Thatcher and East, both of whom used to be associated with the Mormon Church, avoid stereotyping either their characters or their religion.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stereotype
Noun
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The agreement, formalized this past May, calls for the MWRD to pay for concept planning and preliminary engineering design while the Forest Preserves will pay for acquiring property.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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As Season 4 got underway, Williams started sitting in on production meetings, tone meetings, concept meetings, and asking questions.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This could be due to cold, dry weather, sweating, not drinking enough water, or overusing strong actives (like exfoliating acids and retinol, which can potentially weaken your barrier).—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
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This can happen if the arthritis is in your left hip or if the root cause is on your right side, but your body is compensating by overusing muscles on the left side of your back.—
Kelly Burch,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Players from a now bygone era couldn’t comprehend the notion of being nice to an opponent before kick off.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
Noun
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People don’t start to develop as male or female until about eight to 10 weeks after conception.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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She was officially announced in June 2024, but as a Warriors executive, she had been involved with the WNBA expansion effort since its inception, or even its conception, including sitting on a task force that began looking into this idea several years ago.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Cancer, Mercury is expanding your worldview, and suddenly, small talk bores you.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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The darkly satirical project is set on a long-haul flight between England and Australia where the entertainment system fails and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But actually, Darwin’s theory is based on fitness to survive, which does not always mean big and strong.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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For highly social animals like humans and other primates, the native opioid system may also play a role in social bonding, according to one influential theory.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In recent years, leagues have pushed to popularize sports betting while warning consumers about the potential pitfalls.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The term was used on Ally McBeal in the 1990s and then popularized more recently on the reality show Love Island and on Nobody Wants This.—
Brittany Luse,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Stereotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stereotype. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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