hokjesdenken

Dutch

Etymology

From hokje (“label, social category”) +‎ -s- +‎ denken (“thinking”).

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Noun

hokjesdenken n (uncountable)

  1. The tendency to think of people in term of rigid, reductionist labels and social categories and failing to do justice to individuals' individuality.

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