'Stereotype' definitions:
Definition of 'stereotype'
(from WordNet)
noun
A conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
verb
Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp]
Definition of 'Stereotype'
From: GCIDE
- Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. st['e]r['e]otype.]
- 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them. [1913 Webster]
- Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stereotype'
From: GCIDE
- Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]
- 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. [1913 Webster]
- Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stereotype'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assimilate to,
- automatism,
- autotype,
- bad habit,
- balance,
- bed,
- characteristic,
- confirm,
- creature of habit,
- custom,
- damp,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- duplicate plate,
- electrotype,
- embed,
- engraft,
- engrave,
- entrench,
- equalize,
- equilibrize,
- establish,
- etch,
- even,
- fix,
- flatten,
- force of habit,
- found,
- ground,
- habit,
- habit pattern,
- habitude,
- harmonize,
- homogenize,
- impact,
- implant,
- impress,
- imprint,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- inscribe,
- jam,
- keyboard,
- level,
- linotype,
- locked-up page,
- lodge,
- make uniform,
- monotype,
- normalize,
- pack,
- palaeotype,
- pattern,
- peculiarity,
- plant,
- plastic plate,
- plate,
- practice,
- praxis,
- print,
- printing plate,
- printing surface,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- root,
- rubber plate,
- seat,
- second nature,
- set,
- set in,
- settle,
- smooth,
- stabilize,
- stamp,
- standardize,
- stereotyped behavior,
- stone,
- symmetrize,
- trick,
- typeform,
- uniformize,
- usage,
- use,
- way,
- wedge,
- wont,
- zincograph,
- zincotype