Stereotype Definition

stĕrē-ə-tīp, stîr-

stereotyped, stereotypes, stereotyping

noun

stereotypes

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

American Heritage

Webster's New World

A fixed or conventional notion or conception, as one regarding a social or ethnic group.

Webster's New World

A one-piece printing plate cast in type metal from a mold (matrix) taken of a printing surface, as a page of set type.

Webster's New World

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.

An example of stereotype is that blonde-haired women are dumb.

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verb

stereotyped, stereotypes, stereotyping

To make a stereotype of.

Webster's New World

To characterize by a stereotype.

American Heritage

To perceive in terms of, or relegate to, a stereotype.

Webster's New World

To give a fixed, unvarying form to.

American Heritage

To print from stereotype plates.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Stereotype

Singular:

stereotype

Plural:

stereotypes

French stéréotype stereotype printing stéréo- solid (from Greek stereo- stereo–) type printing type (from Old French symbol) (from Late Latin typus type)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Derived from French stéréotype.

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