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ster⋅e⋅o⋅type

  [ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] noun, verb, -typed, -typ⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
2. a plate made by this process.
3. a set form; convention.
4. Sociology. a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group: The cowboy and Indian are American stereotypes.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make a stereotype of.
6. to characterize or regard as a stereotype: The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.
7. to give a fixed form to.
Origin:
1790–1800; stereo- + -type

Related forms:
ster⋅e⋅o⋅typ⋅er, ster⋅e⋅o⋅typ⋅ist, noun
ster⋅e⋅o⋅typ⋅ic  [ster-ee-uh-tip-ik, steer-] , ster⋅e⋅o⋅typ⋅i⋅cal, adjective

Synonyms:
6. categorize, type, identify.
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ster·e·o·type   (stěr'ē-ə-tīp', stîr'-)   
n.  
  1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
  2. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  3. Printing A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
tr.v.   ster·e·o·typed, ster·e·o·typ·ing, ster·e·o·types
  1. To make a stereotype of.
  2. To characterize by a stereotype: "Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits" (American Demographics).
  3. To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
  4. To print from a stereotype.

[French stéréotype, stereotype printing : stéréo-, solid (from Greek stereo-; see stereo-) + type, printing type (from Old French, symbol, from Late Latin typus; see type).]
ster'e·o·typ'er n., ster'e·o·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk), ster'e·o·typ'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., ster'e·o·typ'i·cal·ly adv.
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