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

Noun

Singular:
stereotype
Plural:
stereotypes

Origin of Stereotype

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

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