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Webster's 1828 DictionarySTEREOTYPE, n. [Gr., fixed; type, form.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. & v. --n. 1 a a person or thing that conforms to an unjustifiably fixed, usu. standardized, mental picture. b such an impression or attitude. 2 a printing-plate cast from a mould of composed type. --v.tr. 1 (esp. as stereotyped adj.) formalize, standardize; cause to conform to a type. 2 a print from a stereotype. b make a stereotype of. Derivatives: stereotypic adj. stereotypical adj. stereotypically adv. stereotypy n. Etymology: F stéréotype (adj.) (as STEREO-, TYPE) Webster's 1913 DictionaryStereotype Ste"re*o*type, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. st['e]r['e]otype.] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type. 2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them. Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. Webster's 1913 DictionaryStereotype Ste"re*o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). Collin's Cobuild Dictionary(stereotypes, stereotyping, stereotyped) 1. A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing. Many men feel their body shape doesn't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man. N-COUNT 2. If someone is stereotyped as something, people form a fixed general idea or image of them, so that it is assumed that they will behave in a particular way. He was stereotyped by some as a rebel... I get very worked up about the way women are stereotyped in a lot of mainstream films... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed as n, be V-ed Moby Thesaurusassimilate to, automatism, autotype, bad habit, balance, bed, characteristic, confirm, creature of habit, custom, damp, deep-dye, define, duplicate plate, electrotype, embed, engraft, engrave, entrench, equalize, equilibrize, establish, etch, even, fix, flatten, force of habit, found, ground, habit, habit pattern, habitude, harmonize, homogenize, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inscribe, jam, keyboard, level, linotype, locked-up page, lodge, make uniform, monotype, normalize, pack, palaeotype, pattern, peculiarity, plant, plastic plate, plate, practice, praxis, print, printing plate, printing surface, regularize, regulate, root, rubber plate, seat, second nature, set, set in, settle, smooth, stabilize, stamp, standardize, stereotyped behavior, stone, symmetrize, trick, typeform, uniformize, usage, use, way, wedge, wont, zincograph, zincotype |