[ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] 
noun, verb, -typed, -typ⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.
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