The collective singular for foreign peoples persists as false generalization.

Evidence

Even today, the collective singular used for foreign peoplesthe Russian, the American, the Frenchman, a usage which entered everyday speech from the armyis evidence of this. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2033

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates false generalization as a defined concept via the collective-singular linguistic practice.
• XREF: connects to: Orientalism’s power of generalization converts real people into undifferentiated abstractions. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 649; Orientalist discourse reduces human plurality to a few fixed collective abstractions; Orientalism’s colonized subjects are abstracted figures rather than real human beings (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Orientalism’s power of generalization converts real people into undifferentiated abstractions. #corroborates (0.85) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 649
• Orientalist discourse reduces human plurality to a few fixed collective abstractions #corroborates (0.85)
• Orientalism’s colonized subjects are abstracted figures rather than real human beings #corroborates (0.80)
• People inevitably perceive others through generalization because full individual knowledge is impossible #qualifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 173