archetyping

Verb

archetype (third-person singular simple present archetypes, present participle archetyping, simple past and past participle archetyped)

1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
   • The whole issue of generalizing and overgeneralizing is always an issue. I use the term "archetyping." I say, "No, I am not stereotyping; I am archetyping." Stereotypes tend to be accusatory. I want to move the discussion away from a discussion of right and wrong to right and left—this is the way...1992, ASNE: Proceedings of the 1992 Convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Easton, Pa.: American Society of Newspaper Editors, →OCLC, page 21

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