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stereotype tax

stereotype tax noun: a disadvantage that affects a person due to a stereotype about them held and acted upon by others.

Noun

stereotype tax (plural stereotype taxes)

  1. A disadvantage that affects a person due to a stereotype about them held and acted upon by others.
    • Such taxes may result from stereotyping, conditioning, or imposed social roles. Merchants' discrimination on the basis of skin colour is a stereotype tax on Black Nova Scotians.2002, Elena Hannah, Swani Vethamany-Globus, Linda Paul, Women in the Canadian Academic Tundra: Challenging the Chill

Forms of stereotype tax

pluralstereotype taxes

Questions about stereotype tax

What does stereotype tax mean?
Stereotype tax means a disadvantage that affects a person due to a stereotype about them held and acted upon by others.
What part of speech is stereotype tax?
Stereotype tax is a noun.
What is the plural of stereotype tax?
The plural of stereotype tax is stereotype taxes.

Words near stereotype tax in the dictionary

  1. stereotrope
  2. stereotropes
  3. stereotropism
  4. stereotypable
  5. stereotype
  6. stereotype tax
  7. stereotype taxes
  8. stereotype threat
  9. stereotyped
  10. stereotyper
  11. stereotypers

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