cultural stereotype
Oversimplified ethnic assumption
A cultural stereotype is a widely held, oversimplified belief about a group of people based on their nationality, ethnicity, or cultural background—that the French are romantic, that Germans are efficient, that Americans are loud.
Such generalizations may contain grains of truth but flatten individual variation: The film relies heavily on cultural stereotypes about Asian families.
Cultural stereotypes shape expectations and can reinforce prejudice even when seemingly positive.
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- model minorityRacialized success stereotype
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
assumption · ethnic · racial · noble savage · foreigners · foreign accent · accent · exotic · tradition · customs · ignorance · othering · tokenism · pigeonhole · caricature · trope · white savior · representation
cultural stereotypeopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
cultural sensitivity · intellectual humility · beginner's mind · tabula rasa
cultural, culture, cultures, cultured, culturing, culturally, multicultural, intercultural, acculturation