Schubladendenken

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German

Etymology

Schublade +‎ -n- +‎ Denken, literally “drawer thinking”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuːplaːdn̩ˌdɛŋkn̩/
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Noun

Schubladendenken n (strong, genitive Schubladendenkens, no plural)

  1. (idiomatic) pigeonholing, stereotyped thinking
    • 2018 November 9, Johannes Kopp, “Kolumne Press-Schlag: Boa, krass!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      [Jérôme] Boateng beklagt zunehmendes ausländerfeindliches Schubladendenken und er erzählt von demütigenden Erfahrungen, die er in Berlin als Jugendfußballer erlebt hat.
      Boateng laments increasing xenophobic stereotyped thinking, and he recounts humiliating experiences he lived through as a young soccer player in Berlin.

Declension

Declension of Schubladendenken
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Schubladendenken
genitive eines des Schubladendenkens
dative einem dem Schubladendenken
accusative ein das Schubladendenken

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