# Cliches, information and metaphors: Overcoming prejudice with metahor hacking and getting it back again

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2012-08-26-cliches-information-and-metaphors-overcoming-prejudice-with-metahor-h

The piece argues that people must use conceptual clichés while continually negotiating which ones guide judgement and action.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 26 August 2012

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2012/08/cliches-information-and-metaphors-overcoming-prejudice-with-metahor-hacking-and-getting-it-back-again/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 26 August 2012
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, stereotypes, conceptual-framing, social-cognition.

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