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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•e•o•type /ˈstɛriəˌtaɪp, ˈstɪr-/USA pronunciation n., v., -typed, -typ•ing. n. [countable] - Printinga process for making printing plates by taking a mold of type;
a plate made this way. - Sociologyan idea, expression, etc., of no originality or inventiveness.
- Sociologyan overly simplified way of thinking about a person, group, etc.:Society has certain stereotypes of the mentally retarded.
v. [~ + object] - Printing, Sociologyto make a stereotype of:a tendency to stereotype ethnic groups.
ster•e•o•typed, adj.: a stereotyped view of homeless people.See -type-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•e•o•type (ster′ē ə tīp′, stēr′-),USA pronunciation n., v., -typed, -typ•ing. n. - Printinga 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.
- Printinga plate made by this process.
- Sociologya set form; convention.
- Sociologya 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.
v.t. - Printing, Sociologyto make a stereotype of.
- Sociologyto characterize or regard as a stereotype:The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.
- Sociologyto give a fixed form to.
- stereo- + -type 1790–1800
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . categorize, type, identify.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stereotype /ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp ˈstɪər-/ n - 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
- the plate so made
- another word for stereotypy
- an idea, trait, convention, etc, that has grown stale through fixed usage
- a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly
vb (transitive)- to make a stereotype of
- to print from a stereotype
- to impart a fixed usage or convention to
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