单词 | stereotypy |
释义 | stereotypyn. 1. The process of making stereotype plates; stereotyping. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > making plates stereotyping1807 stereotypy1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. 2. Pathology. Persistence of a fixed or stereotyped idea, mode of action, etc., in cases of insanity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > purposeless repetition of words or movements verbigeration1877 headbanging1886 head nodding1889 echopraxia1904 stereotypy1909 undoing1927 1909 C. L. Dana Text-bk. Nerv. Dis. (ed. 7) 686 Stereotypy is shown in two ways. 1912 B. Hart Psychol. Insanity Index 176. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 262/2 Stereotypy, a pathological phenomenon consisting in the endless repetition of fragmentary or apparently senseless words, apparently useless movements, or of certain postures. 1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Dec. 89 Catatonic schizophrenia is characterized by negativism, catalepsy, suggestibility, stupor, excitement, mannerisms, stereotypy, etc. 1976 M. Hamilton Fish's Schizophrenia (ed. 2) iii. 58 A stereotypy is a movement which is not goal-directed and which is carried out in a uniform way, but some mannerisms which are abnormal exaggerations of expressive movements may be confused with stereotypies; however they are not executed in such a rigid way. 3. Zoology. The frequent repetition by an animal of an action that serves no obvious purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > that serves no purpose > repetition of stereotypy1934 stereotyping1950 1934 E. S. Russell Behaviour of Animals v. 98 Examples of this stereotypy or rigidity of instinctive behaviour. 1967 Animal Behaviour XV. 63/2 In this stereotypy, a bird would repeatedly touch the tip or side of the bill to a particular spot. 1981 Animal Behaviour XXIX. 4/1 Inappropriate and often perseverant stereotypy can be elicited in many animals by raising them in abnormal and restricted environments. 4. gen. The state or quality of being stereotyped (sense b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > stereotypical behaviour > [noun] stereotypy1950 1950 T. Wiesengrund-Adorno et al. Authoritarian Personality i. iii. 94 One striking characteristic of the imagery in anti-Semitic ideology is its stereotypy. 1973 O. Sacks Awakenings i. 36 Witty and precise in her speech without significant stereotypy or stickiness of thought. 1976 Word 27 128 This stereotypy of semantic relations of nouns reported by Bowerman decreases as mean sentence length increases. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1891 |
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