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stereotypes

noun as in idea held as standard, example

verb as in categorize as being example, standard

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Example Sentences

These dancers are up against a power structure that has solidified over decades and has deeply penetrated popular notions and stereotypes of courtesans, including the devadasis.

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The famous firm embodied every stereotype of Wall Street’s clubby culture.

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The common conception of artists before the shutdown — a view that wasn’t particularly accurate and was largely determined by stereotypes left over from the “culture wars” of the past century — is that they belong to the so-called coastal elites.

Yet four centuries after Artemisia painted Judith, gender stereotypes and outdated assumptions about women as peaceful and innocent prevent women from being seen as blameworthy.

There is a cottage industry of papers on stoicism in psychology, built on the same stereotype.

But there is a larger point behind the move: Car brands are inextricable from national stereotypes.

In the face of these stereotypes, the Muslim Writers Collective is one attempt to reclaim the narrative of American Islam.

Both men and women experience stereotypes and unfair expectations.

There are plenty of other outdated stereotypes in “Tom and Jerry”—sexist attitudes, for example—but Amazon chose to focus on race.

These are all fruitful options to pursue for any atheist interested in challenging the immoral stereotypes we have.

The stereotypes were thus perforated, although they had been wrapped up in many folds of paper and cardboard.

Do they make stereotypes for circular rollers and print books this same way?

Pessimism, in fact, stereotypes and gives a fictitious permanence to what is only one among our many moods of thought.

Most of the yearly ads were patent-medicine stereotypes, and we used to fence with them.

I shall use the same types when I like, but not commonly the same stereotypes.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stereotypes, such as: pattern, fashion, average, custom, convention, and formula.

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

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