Stereotype
noun
meaning:
1. A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
2. View or represent as a stereotype
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Synonyms:
1. standard/conventional image
2. received idea
Sample usage:
1. Women in army are breaking the stereotype that, women can't work in hostile environments.
2. Women directors in the movie industry are breaking the stereotype that, direction is mans domain.
3. Africa in the late 20th century was stereotyped as an inhabitable region.
4. Companies stereotype candidates from developed nations as far superior over developing nations.
5. Everyone in the division stereotyped the new intern as shabby from his appearance.
6. Nowadays men are breaking the stereotype by cooking, washing, stitching cloths and taking care of kids. All these were previously stereotyped as the job of women.
7. In the late 20th centuary, many foreign nationals stereotyped India as the land of snake charmers and black magic.
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