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Reviewed on July 1, 2025 | Arts & Humanities
The modern definition of the word "stereotype" was coined by intellectual Walter Lippman during the worldwide application of science to social problems in the years after the devastation of World War I. As part of a larger discussion about societal reconstruction in the arts, business, psychology, and political science, he defined the stereotype as a useful tool that simplified people, groups, and events so they could be mo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




