- lacking originality or individuality; conventional; trite
- reproduced from or on a stereotype printing plate
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ster•e•o•typed
(ster′ē ə tīpt′, stēr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Printingreproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- fixed or settled in form;
hackneyed;
conventional.
- stereotype + -ed2 1810–20
- 2. lifeless, stale, worn, dull. See commonplace.
- 2. rare, unusual.
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stereotyped /ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪpt; ˈstɪər-/ adj
ster•e•o•type /ˈstɛriəˌtaɪp, ˈstɪr-/USA pronunciation
n., v., -typed, -typ•ing.
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [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•type
(ster′ē ə tīp′, stēr′-),USA pronunciation n., v., -typed, -typ•ing.
n.
v.t.
ster′e•o•typ′er, ster′e•o•typ′ist, n.
ster•e•o•typ•ic
(ster′ē ə tip′ik, stēr′-),USA pronunciation ster′e•o•typ′i•cal, adj.
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. . categorize, type, identify.
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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
a variant of 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
- to make a stereotype of
- to print from a stereotype
- to impart a fixed usage or convention to
'stereotyped' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hackneyed
- Moon
- ritual
- set
- behavior
- cliché
- commonplace
- cookie cutter
- copybook
- courtship display
- display
- fixed action pattern
- hambone
- hokum
- rococo
- wont
- stale
- stereotype