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stereotyped

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ster⋅e⋅o⋅typed

  [ster-ee-uh-tahypt, steer-]
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–adjective
1. reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
2. fixed or settled in form; hackneyed; conventional.
Origin:
1810–20; stereotype + -ed 2

Synonyms:
2. lifeless, stale, worn, dull. See commonplace.

Antonyms:
2. rare, unusual.

ster⋅e⋅o⋅type

  [ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] 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  [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.
ster·e·o·typed   (stěr'ē-ə-tīpt', stîr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.

  2. Conforming to a social norm; conventional.

  3. Of or relating to stereotypy: stereotyped behavior.

  4. Printing Printed or reproduced from stereotype plates.

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Cultural Dictionary

stereotype

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

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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2stereotype
Function: noun
: something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially : an often oversimplified or biasedmental 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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