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ster·e·o·type

Audio Help [ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -typed, -typ·ing.

–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

Audio Help [ster-ee-uh-tip-ik, steer-] Pronunciation Key, ster·e·o·typ·i·cal, adjective

—Synonyms 6. categorize, type, identify.

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ster·e·o·type Audio Help (stěr'ē-ə-tīp', stîr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
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

To make a stereotype of.
To characterize by a stereotype: "Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits" (American Demographics).
To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
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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stereotype

1798, "method of printing from a plate," from Fr. stéréotype (adj.) "printing by means of a solid plate of type," from Gk. stereos "solid" (see sterile) + Fr. type "type." Noun meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense, which is from 1819. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922. Stereotypical is attested from 1949.

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stereotype
noun
1.	a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
verb
1.	treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole]

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
stereotype

A too-simple and therefore distorted image of a group, such as “Football players are stupid” or “The English are cold and unfriendly people.”

[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English

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stereotype

A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

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Main Entry: ²stereotype
Function: noun
: something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially : an often oversimplified or biased mental picture held to characterize the typical individual of a group —ste·reo·typ·i·cal /"ster-E-&-'tip-i-k&l/ also ste·reo·typ·ic /-ik/ adjective

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Main Entry: ¹ste·reo·type
Pronunciation: 'ster-E-&-"tIp, 'stir-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -typed; -typ·ing
1 : to repeat without variation <stereotyped behavior>
2 : to develop a mental stereotype about

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Stereotype

Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. st['e]r['e]otype.]

1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.

Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type.

2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.

Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.

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Stereotype

Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]

1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.

2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.

Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887).

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