hokjesdenken
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Etymology edit
From hokje (“label, social category”) + -s- + denken (“thinking”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
hokjesdenken n (uncountable)
- The tendency to think of people in term of rigid, reductionist labels and social categories and failing to do justice to individuals' individuality.
Further reading edit
- hokjesdenken on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl