stereotype
/ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
Dictionary
noun
- A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
- A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
- (UML) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
verb
- To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
"to stereotype the Bible"
- To print from a stereotype.
- To make firm or permanent; to fix.
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