tarred with the same brush
Grouped by association
To tar people with the same brush is to treat them as equally guilty or flawed based on association rather than individual merit.
The image is of coating everyone with the same dark substance, making no distinctions: After the scandal, all politicians were tarred with the same brush.
The phrase usually criticizes unfair generalizations.
- labeledMarked for identification
- denigratedCriticized unfairly, damaged reputation
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- discreditedProven unworthy of trust
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
defamed · generalized · slandered · culpability · scapegoating · besmirched · typecasting · blanket statement · bias · oversimplification · preconception · vilified · maligned · collective responsibility · disparaged · prejudice · discrimination · association
tarred with the same brushstereotyped
Reduced to oversimplified traits
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