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Synonyms for stereotype
ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-stereo·type

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  1. stereotypeverb

    a conventional or formulaic conception or image

    "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

  2. pigeonhole, stereotype, stampverb

    treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

    "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

    Synonyms:
    stomp, emboss, stamp, boss, stump, pigeonhole

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  1. List of paraphrases for "stereotype":

    stereotyping, cliché

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How to use stereotype in a sentence?

  1. David Ayres:

    Celebrities, A-listers, and even hockey players that have people following them all over the place, it can't be easy, usually they say goalies are the quiet ones and I definitely fit that stereotype. I'm fairly quiet, not really that outgoing but in a situation like this you learn to be.

  2. Quyen Dinh:

    Because of the stereotype that all Asian Americans are doing well, those struggles are made invisible. folks like my parents who left as both people from Vietnam, left with nothing more than the shirts on their back so that today I could be free versus someone who might be from another country who immigrated with a master's degree for their own countries.

  3. Alexis Bloomer:

    Like, why are we so entitled? Because we don’t deserve to be, and we were raised better than this, i think that our generation — I always wonder what we’re going to be remembered by, and I, for one, want to break that stereotype and to prove that my parents raised me better. Don’t you?

  4. Rachel Kowert:

    In spite of the stereotype of the socially awkward pale gamer, Video Games are a good way to socially connect.

  5. Christian Gilyard:

    To grow up in an area where automatically as soon as you walk out of your door and the police stereotype you -- you're scared, a lot of people don't know what that feels like. A lot of people have never experienced that.


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