stereotype
a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group: Cowboys and Indians are American stereotypes.
a set form; convention: Most important for lexicographers are the idiomatic stereotypes whose meaning cannot be inferred from knowledge of the meanings of the individual items.
Printing.
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.
a plate made by this process.
to characterize or regard as a stereotype: The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.
to give a fixed form to.
Printing. to make a stereotype of.
Origin of stereotype
1Other words for stereotype
Other words from stereotype
- ster·e·o·typ·er, ster·e·o·typ·ist, noun
- ster·e·o·typ·i·cal, ster·e·o·typ·ic [ster-ee-uh-tip-ik, steer-], /ˌstɛr i əˈtɪp ɪk, ˌstɪər-/, adjective
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How to use stereotype in a sentence
Unlike the Tibetans or Muslim Uyghurs of its far west, China’s ethnic Mongol population has long been seen as pacified, content, and well-assimilated, fulfilling the stereotype of a “model minority” in a country bubbling with ethnic tensions.
China’s insatiable appetite for control is forcing even its “model minority” to rebel | Isabella Steger | September 4, 2020 | QuartzIt is imperative that we continue to battle the stereotypes and prejudices that prevent too many of us from making our best and highest contribution to our Republic.
Melinda Gates, Ai-jen Poo, and 9 more women on what the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary means to them | ehinchliffe | August 18, 2020 | FortuneSome workers were more likely to worry about stereotypes than others, whether because of their own innate fears or the actual prevalence of these attitudes in their work environments.
Pregnancy stereotypes can put women in physical danger at work, study finds | ehinchliffe | July 16, 2020 | FortuneScience News has a long history covering race in America, including research on stereotypes and stigma, racial bias in research funding, and how the lack of diverse representation in clinical trials risks lives.
Many of these biases arise out of stereotypes — simplified beliefs that may not be true.
Give this gorgeous book to that friend who fits the stereotype.
A judge ruled that Black Piet indeed is a negative stereotype that infringes on the rights of black people in The Netherlands.
But it often feels more like something from a Japanese stereotype than anything explicitly offensive.
Bayonetta Is Nintendo’s Graphic, Ass-Kicking Barbie | Alec Kubas-Meyer | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOur stereotype of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ is cocaine, nightclubs, and flapper girls.
Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance | Tim Teeman | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo why is that such a lingering stereotype in the way pop culture represents Hollywood?
Amy Sedaris Is Hollywood's Beloved Rabbit-Loving Comedian Crafter | Kevin Fallon | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo look back, and to stereotype one bygone humour—what a hopeless thing!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe new edition, being printed from entirely new stereotype plates, is a great improvement upon former editions.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob AbbottA new edition, brought down to the Present Time, and printed from entirely new stereotype plates.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob AbbottThis formed the matrix into which the molten metal was poured to make the stereotype plate, or die, for printing.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineBut that must be as it may; and if you think the acceptance dubious, it is much the better plan not to stereotype.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for stereotype
/ (ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-) /
a method of producing cast-metal printing plates from a mould made from a forme of type matter in papier-mâché or some other material
the plate so made
another word for stereotypy
an idea, trait, convention, etc, that has grown stale through fixed usage
sociol a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly
to make a stereotype of
to print from a stereotype
to impart a fixed usage or convention to
Derived forms of stereotype
- stereotyper or stereotypist, noun
- stereotypic (ˌstɛrɪə ˈtɪpɪk, ˌstɪər-) or stereotypical, adjective
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Cultural definitions for stereotype (1 of 2)
A too-simple and therefore distorted image of a group, such as “Football players are stupid” or “The English are cold and unfriendly people.”
A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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