metastereotype
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meta- + stereotype.
Noun
[edit]metastereotype (plural metastereotypes)
- (sociology) A person's stereotypical impression of how others (outgroup members) regard the person's own group.
- 2020, Joel T. Nadler, Elora C. Voyles, Stereotypes: The Incidence and Impacts of Bias, page 306:
- Beyond stereotypes, research is beginning to add another layer by examining metastereotypes, which are what one person believes other groups think about their group (Vorauer et al., 1998).