a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"
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Stereotypes are beliefs that all people within the same gender, age or cultural group will act alike and will share the same viewpoints and attitudes. They ignore unique identity which is why it is considered as a form of discrimination. They are considered as exaggerated beliefs and generalizations without allowing individual Personalities, which create positive and negative acceptance and effects to different groups. They may be true to some but not to all.
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ster·e·o·type
/ˈsterēəˌtīp/
noun
1.
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"