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• v  treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
  I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
• s  lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality
  stereotyped phrases of condolence

• Big Boi, usually stereotyped as OutKast's less-adventurous half, merged funk, drum-and-bass, pop, rap, jazz and a chorus whispering 'hot sauce' into the year's best ear candy.
• For a state stereotyped as piteously poor and prejudiced, Mississippi has shown its eagerness to cast off the plagues of racial politics, an archaic constitution and rural .
• Elvgren's stereotyped girls may not come alive on canvas, but they do in people's minds.

• pigeonhole
• stereotype
• stamp
• stereotypic
• stereotypical
• unimaginative

News & Articles

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• Protesting the Drug War
  The leaders of DFW NORML, a group that works for reform of marijuana laws, are used to being stereotyped. Some folks figured that their recent conference, for instance, would be filled with Cheech and Chong types. Others might have expected the founder of a group called Mothers Against Teen Violence to crusade for stronger drug [...]
  June 12, 2013 - Fort Worth Weekly
• Catchy melodies worth headbanging to, Mikal Cronin defies description at The Tractor
  By Dusty Henry Guitar shredding and manners aren’t necessarily synonymous. Neither are catchy pop melodies and head banging. Mikal Cronin is hard pressed to be stereotyped. Between every hard rocking song he played at the Tractor Tavern last Friday night, he’d either say “Thank you” or “Sorry” for some sort of technical mistake. Cronin is not one to be pigeonholed or to fulfill a stereotype. He ...
  June 11, 2013 - Ballard News-Tribune
• Ford, UAW seek healthier workers with pilot program incentives
  Detroit autoworkers have long been stereotyped as hard-drinking, overweight smokers. But Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers hope to help dispel that image and lower the automaker's health care costs through financial incentives to factory employees who make healthy lifestyle choices.
  June 10, 2013 - Detroit News

Quotes

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• Jim Knight in InTheNews.co.uk
  I am determined that we enthuse and engage boys in English but this is about taking a far broader approach in schools and government than simply using stereotyped 'fighting and football' texts,said Mr Knight.
• Santoro in Tampabay.com
  Santoro told the Times on Thursday that Miller's comments have "taken racial profiling to the next level" and "stereotyped my workers based on their outward appearance and their nationalities."
• Ian Botham in AFP
  The tour is a very good acid test for England,Botham said. "I would have taken Steve Harmison because you need variation and the bowling attack can become a bit stereotyped. But the batting doesn't bother me with Pietersen back in the...