stereotype
The definition of a stereotype is a well-known idea or image of a person or idea that is held by a number of people.
(noun)An example of stereotype is that blonde-haired women are dumb.
Stereotype is defined as to attach an idea or image to a person who belong to a particular group.
(verb)An example of stereotype is saying that a group of Italians are members of the mafia.
See stereotype in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a one-piece printing plate cast in type metal from a mold (matrix) taken of a printing surface, as a page of set type
- stereotypy
- an unvarying form or pattern; specif., a fixed or conventional notion or conception, as of a person, group, idea, etc., held by a number of people, and allowing for no individuality, critical judgment, etc.
Origin: Fr adj. stéréotype: see stereo- & -type
transitive verb stereotyped, stereotyping
- to make a stereotype of
- to print from stereotype plates
Related Forms:
- stereotyper noun or stereotypist
See stereotype in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
- One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- Printing A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
- To make a stereotype of.
- To characterize by a stereotype: “Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits” (American Demographics).
- To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
- To print from a stereotype.
Origin:
Origin: French stéréotype, stereotype printing
Origin: : stéréo-, solid (from Greek stereo-; see stereo-)
Origin: + type, printing type (from Old French, symbol, from Late Latin typus; see type)
.Related Forms:
- sterˈe·o·typˌer noun
- sterˌe·o·typˈic (-tĭpˈĭk), sterˌe·o·typˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective
- sterˌe·o·typˈi·cal·ly adverb
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