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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.
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| stereotype (ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. 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 |
| b. the plate so made | |
| 2. | another word for stereotypy |
| 3. | an idea, trait, convention, etc, that has grown stale through fixed usage |
| 4. | sociol a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly |
| —vb | |
| 5. | a. to make a stereotype of |
| b. to print from a stereotype | |
| 6. | to impart a fixed usage or convention to |
| 'stereotyper | |
| —n | |
| 'stereotypist | |
| —n | |
| stereotypic | |
| —adj | |
| stereo'typical | |
| —adj | |
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