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received idea
noun as in stereotype
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Its history agrees with the generally received idea of primitive man as conceived by the geologist.
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On this last topic, Beethoven went beyond the generally received idea.
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Such manly sport is rather opposed to the commonly received idea at home, of the mild Hindoo.
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Herr Branting is of a very different type from the generally received idea of what a Socialist is.
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As to men wrestling against divinities, that is a received idea.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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