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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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Adj.

stereotypical - lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

stereotyped, stereotypic, unimaginative

conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

stereotypical

adjective

Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

Translations

stéréotypé

stereotypical

[ˌstɪərɪəˈtɪpɪkl] ADJ → estereotípico

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stereotypical

[ˌstɛriəˈtɪpɪk^əl] adj → stéréotypé(e)

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stereotypical

adj → stereotyp

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