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
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
My Pafology, later retitled Fuck, a book that exploits nearly every Black stereotype.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Women are often stereotyped as less decisive than men, but, in reality, studies show that women and men are equally capable of making decisions quickly.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Goodell’s longtime practicing of Pilates certainly counters that stereotype.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
My Pafology, later retitled Fuck, a book that exploits nearly every Black stereotype.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
This is, of course, a tremendously unfair characterization of the lunch lady, who, given her profession of feeding hungry children, ought to be stereotyped as saintly rather than monstrous.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Women are often stereotyped as less decisive than men, but, in reality, studies show that women and men are equally capable of making decisions quickly.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stereotype
Noun
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Each module has a video component and addresses real-world concepts for AI use cases in automotive.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Zara relocated and expanded into an elevated design department store-style concept featuring a dedicated Zara Athletics section.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The redemption story is overused in sports, but Anisimova coming back from a double-bagel Wimbledon final defeat against Iga Świątek to beat the same player a couple of months later was extraordinary.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, resharing others’ posts or overusing carousels significantly underperforms.—
Justin Nassiri,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But while some reject the notion of vodka with flavor, preferring a clean and neutral spirit, Mendel won Vodka of the Year at the New Orleans Spirits Competition announced at Tales of the Cocktail in 2022, proof that spirits experts appreciate the unique flavor.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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And while the notion of privatizing a public liberal arts college may seem radical, it can also be understood as an escalation of a larger pattern.—
Alice Herman,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 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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This disastrously cramped conception of who gets to have a day in court would be the main target of my outrage if the court’s opinion on the use of ethnicity, language and workplace as factors in immigration enforcement weren’t even more upsetting.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Political theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), an Italian anti-fascist journalist, organizer, and imprisoned political dissident, offered a conception of society and described the possibilities for changing social orders.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Too often, developments of this size that pop up on virgin ground get lost to boring cookie-cutter street scaping and architecture.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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The approach is complemented by heavy use of the Estevez brothers’ childhood Super 8 movies, genre-bending DIY productions that Charlie notes often bore similarities to the movies their father was making at the time.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The most effective education models are those that blend theory with real-world practice.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Testing particle physics theories, the $8 billion LHC was composed of superconducting magnets that allowed scientists to study subatomic particles including protons, electrons, quarks and photons.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the late 1980s while working as anchor for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Knapp rose to fame helping popularize the claims of UFO-lore stalwarts Bob Lazar and John Lear.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The news highlights a movement to popularize a gesture to signal distress to passersby.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Stereotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stereotype. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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