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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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Ms Fielding, now 41, said she was challenging "outdated stereotypes" about the condition, particularly that it only affects older people or people who smoke.

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Equally important, she said, is finding methods that do not stereotype.

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Autistic people are often stereotyped as unable to read other people, Morgan said, but neurotypical people often have just as hard a time accurately interpreting an autistic person’s emotional state.

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Albania's prime minister accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of "ethnic stereotyping" after she singled out Albanian families in a speech about abuses of the asylum system.

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“There are stereotypes that exist, unfortunately, particularly around young people and young girls, and I think we need to do the work to break those stereotypes down,” Welteroth told NPR in 2019.

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

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