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What is the main difference between stereotypes and prejudice?

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Answered by rudeboymohit286
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prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

"English prejudice against foreigners"

synonyms: preconceived idea, preconception, preconceived notion;

prejudgement

e.g., "male prejudices about women"

stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"

synonyms: standard/conventional image, received idea, cliché, hackneyed idea, formula

e.g.,"the stereotype of the alcoholic as a down-and-out vagrant.

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