Stereotype

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  • noun. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
  • noun. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  • noun. A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
  • transitive verb. To make a stereotype of.
  • transitive verb. To characterize by a stereotype.
  • transitive verb. To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
  • transitive verb. To print from a stereotype.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cast a stereotype plate from: as, to stereotype a page or a form.
  • To prepare for printing by means of stereotype plates: as, to stereotype the New Testament.
  • To fix or establish firmly or unchangeably.
  • noun. The duplicate, in one piece of type metal, of the face of a. collection of types composed for printing.
  • noun. Loosely, an electrotype.
  • noun. The art of making plates of fixed metallic types; the process of producing printed work by means of such plates.
  • Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotyping, or stereotype printing: as, stereotype work: stereotype plates.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
  • noun. a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
  • transitive verb. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of.
  • transitive verb. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
  • noun. A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  • noun. A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
  • verb. To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
  • verb. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
  • verb. To print from a stereotype.
  • verb. To make firm or permanent; to fix.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
  • noun. a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  • Word Usage
    "As we saw in chapter 4, the term stereotype threat has been coined to describe this phenomenon."
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