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ster·e·o·type

(stĕr′ē-ə-tīp′, stîr′-)

1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

2. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.

3. Printing A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.

tr.v. ster·e·o·typed, ster·e·o·typ·ing, ster·e·o·types

1. To make a stereotype of.

2. To characterize by a stereotype: "Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits" (American Demographics).

3. To give a fixed, unvarying form to.

4. To print from a stereotype.

[French stéréotype, stereotype printing : stéréo-, solid (from Greek stereo-; see stereo-) + type, printing type (from Old French, symbol, from Late Latin typus; see type).]

ster′e·o·typ′er n.

ster′e·o·typ′ic (-tĭp′ĭk), ster′e·o·typ′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

ster′e·o·typ′i·cal·ly adv.

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stereotype

(ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp; ˈstɪər-)

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. 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

b. the plate so made

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a variant of stereotypy

3. (Psychology) a variant of stereotypy

4. an idea, trait, convention, etc, that has grown stale through fixed usage

5. (Sociology) sociol a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly

vb (tr)

6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. to make a stereotype of

b. to print from a stereotype

7. to impart a fixed usage or convention to

ˈstereoˌtyper, ˈstereoˌtypist n

stereotypic, ˌstereoˈtypical adj

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ster•e•o•type

(ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-)

n., v. -typed, -typ•ing. n.

a. a process for making printing plates by taking a mold of composed type and casting type metal from the mold.

b. a plate made in this manner.

2. an idea, expression, etc., lacking in originality or inventiveness; convention.

3. a simplified and standardized conception or image of a person, group, etc., held in common by members of a group: the stereotypes that society has of the mentally ill.

v.t.

4. to make a stereotype of.

5. to give a fixed form to.

[1790–1800]

ster′e•o•typ`er, n.

ster`e•o•typ′ic (-ˈtɪp ɪk) ster`e•o•typ′i•cal, adj.

stereotype

Past participle: stereotyped
Gerund: stereotyping

Imperative
stereotype
stereotype

Present
I stereotype
you stereotype
he/she/it stereotypes
we stereotype
you stereotype
they stereotype

Preterite
I stereotyped
you stereotyped
he/she/it stereotyped
we stereotyped
you stereotyped
they stereotyped

Present Continuous
I am stereotyping
you are stereotyping
he/she/it is stereotyping
we are stereotyping
you are stereotyping
they are stereotyping

Present Perfect
I have stereotyped
you have stereotyped
he/she/it has stereotyped
we have stereotyped
you have stereotyped
they have stereotyped

Past Continuous
I was stereotyping
you were stereotyping
he/she/it was stereotyping
we were stereotyping
you were stereotyping
they were stereotyping

Past Perfect
I had stereotyped
you had stereotyped
he/she/it had stereotyped
we had stereotyped
you had stereotyped
they had stereotyped

Future
I will stereotype
you will stereotype
he/she/it will stereotype
we will stereotype
you will stereotype
they will stereotype

Future Perfect
I will have stereotyped
you will have stereotyped
he/she/it will have stereotyped
we will have stereotyped
you will have stereotyped
they will have stereotyped

Future Continuous
I will be stereotyping
you will be stereotyping
he/she/it will be stereotyping
we will be stereotyping
you will be stereotyping
they will be stereotyping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stereotyping
you have been stereotyping
he/she/it has been stereotyping
we have been stereotyping
you have been stereotyping
they have been stereotyping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stereotyping
you will have been stereotyping
he/she/it will have been stereotyping
we will have been stereotyping
you will have been stereotyping
they will have been stereotyping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stereotyping
you had been stereotyping
he/she/it had been stereotyping
we had been stereotyping
you had been stereotyping
they had been stereotyping

Conditional
I would stereotype
you would stereotype
he/she/it would stereotype
we would stereotype
you would stereotype
they would stereotype

Past Conditional
I would have stereotyped
you would have stereotyped
he/she/it would have stereotyped
we would have stereotyped
you would have stereotyped
they would have stereotyped

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Noun	1.	stereotype - a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding" internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Verb	1.	stereotype - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" pigeonhole, stamp class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

stereotype

noun

1. formula, cliché, pattern, mould, received idea Accents can reinforce a stereotype.

verb

1. categorize, typecast, pigeonhole, dub, standardize, take to be, ghettoize, conventionalize He was stereotyped by some as a renegade.

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stereotype

noun

A trite expression or idea:

banality, bromide, cliché, commonplace, platitude, truism.

Translations

شَكْلٌ نَـمَطِّيّ

stereotyp

Klischeevorstellung Stereotyp

στερεότυπο στερεότυπος

estereotipo

stereotyyppi

stéréotype stéréotyper

stereotip

stereotipo

ステレオタイプ

고정관념

stereotyp

ลักษณะที่ตายตัวไม่มีการเปลี่ยนแปลง

basmakalıp

khuôn mẫu

成见

stereotype

[ˈsterɪətaɪp]

A. N → estereotipo m

B. VT (Typ) → clisar, estereotipar (fig) → estereotipar

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stereotype

[ˈstɛriətaɪp]

n → stéréotype m

vt → stéréotyper

stereotype

(fig) → Klischee (→ vorstellung f), → Stereotyp nt; (= stereotype character) → stereotype Figur; the stereotype of the Englishman → der typische Engländer

(Typ, = plate) → Stereotypplatte f; (= process) → Plattendruck m

attr → stereotyp; ideas, thinking also → klischeehaft

(fig) character → klischeehaft zeichnen or darstellen; the plot of the Western has become stereotyped → die Handlung des Western ist zu einem Klischee geworden; I don’t like being stereotyped → ich lasse mich nicht gern in ein Klischee zwängen

(Typ) → stereotypieren

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stereotype

[ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp] n → stereotipo

stereotype

→ شَكْلٌ نَـمَطِّيّ stereotyp stereotyp Klischeevorstellung στερεότυπο estereotipo stereotyyppi stéréotype stereotip stereotipo ステレオタイプ 고정관념 stereotype stereotyp stereotyp estereótipo стереотип stereotyp ลักษณะที่ตายตัวไม่มีการเปลี่ยนแปลง basmakalıp khuôn mẫu 成见

stereotype

n. estereotipo; cliché.

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One half of the company was already seated at the card-table, the other half awaited the result of the stereotype preliminary observation of the lady of the house:

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But not alone has this Leviathan left his pre-adamite traces in the stereotype plates of nature, and in limestone and marl bequeathed his ancient bust; but upon Egyptian tablets, whose antiquity seems to claim for them an almost fossiliferous character, we find the unmistakable print of his fin.

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They are better than mountains, because they do not stamp and stereotype themselves into the brain, and thus grow wearisome with the same strong impression, repeated day after day.

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Our results showed that no matter how stereotype labels were presented, there were no effects of stereotype consistency on the error rates of trait and situational words among participants.

The effect of stereotype activation on spontaneous inferences

But the ban does not go as far as stopping advertisers from showing any gender stereotypes. For example, they will still be able to show a woman cleaning, or a man doing DIY, as long as it does not enforce a negative stereotype.

Adverts which show harmful gender stereotypes are now banned; Commercials are no longer allowed to show men struggling with housework or women unable to park cars

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Shattering Black Male Stereotypes

Another stereotype that is addressed in the article refers to status symbols.

REFLECTING ROMANIA. BETWEEN STEREOTYPING AND REALITY

Using data from millions of games from international tournaments, a paper in the journal (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797617736887) Psychological Science found that "female players outperform expectations when playing men" even though it has previously been suggested that they succumb to "stereotype threat," a psychological phenomenon in which people who are worried about conforming to a negative stereotype experience anxiety and perform worse.

Female Chess Players Defy Stereotypes To Take Down Male Players

Aging stereotype is a broad concept defined as a cliche or a set of views used for characterizing older people, but encompassing a network of constructs that have not been well distinguished: cultural stereotypes, when the stereotype is attributed to a given culture, country, community; personal stereotypes, when the stereotype is attributed to the respondent; self-stereotyping, when the stereotype refers to the respondent him/her-self; and self-perception of aging, when an individual is referring to him/her-self and the process of aging.

Assessing aging stereotypes: Personal stereotypes, self-stereotypes and self-perception of aging

Images--information--national identity and national stereotype. Available online at <http://cf.hum.uva.nl/images/info/leers.html>.

Stereotypes as an interdisciplinary construct: Implications for applied linguistics research/Stereotip kao interdisciplinarni konstrukt: implikacije za istrazivanja u primijenjenoj lingvistici

Feeling belittled and boxed in by a stereotype can make people more likely to act in a socially deviate way.

Stereotyping makes people act badly

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