a conventional or formulaic conception or image
"regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
"The movie's villain relied entirely on a harmful stereotype that all elderly people are clumsy and forgetful."
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
"I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
"The interviewer seemed to stereotype her as unsuitable for leadership simply because she was young and female."