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Main Entry: 2stereotype

Function: noun

Etymology: French stéréotype, from stéré- stere- + type

Date: 1817

1: a plate cast from a printing surface

2: something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially : a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment

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generalization

Main Entry: gen·er·al·i·za·tion

Pronunciation: \ˌjen-rə-lə-ˈzā-shən, ˌje-nə-\

Function: noun

Date: 1761

1 : the act or process of generalizing

2 : a general statement, law, principle, or proposition

3 : the act or process whereby a learned response is made to a stimulus similar to but not identical with the conditioned stimulus

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