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.
- 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).]
stereotyper ster'e·o·typ'er n.stereotypic ster'e·o·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk) or ster'e·o·typ'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
stereotypically ster'e·o·typ'i·cal·ly adv.
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