1. a widely held but oversimplified and generalized belief or idea about a particular group of people or things

1. to characterize or regard as conforming to a stereotype

Examples

• The movie relies on tired stereotypes about teenagers.
• It’s unfair to stereotype all politicians as dishonest.
• She fought against the stereotype that women can’t be engineers.
• The comedy show avoided ethnic stereotypes in its humor.
• Don’t stereotype him based on his appearance.
• Breaking stereotypes requires getting to know people individually.
• The advertisement perpetuated harmful gender stereotypes.