'Stereotyped' definitions:
Definition of 'stereotyped'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative]
Definition of 'Stereotyped'
From: GCIDE
- Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, a.
- 1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. [1913 Webster]
- Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stereotyped'
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 'stereotyped'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alike,
- automatic,
- average,
- back-number,
- banal,
- beaten,
- besetting,
- bewhiskered,
- bromidic,
- cliche,
- cliched,
- common,
- commonplace,
- constant,
- corny,
- current,
- cut-and-dried,
- dominant,
- epidemic,
- fade,
- familiar,
- frequent,
- fusty,
- habitual,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- indiscernible,
- indistinct,
- indistinctive,
- indistinguishable,
- interchangeable,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- normal,
- old hat,
- ordinary,
- overworked,
- pandemic,
- persistent,
- platitudinous,
- popular,
- predominant,
- predominating,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- rampant,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- regnant,
- regular,
- reigning,
- repetitive,
- rife,
- routine,
- ruling,
- running,
- set,
- square,
- stale,
- standard,
- stock,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- trite,
- truistic,
- undifferentiated,
- undiscriminated,
- undistinguishable,
- undistinguished,
- uniform,
- unoriginal,
- usual,
- warmed-over,
- well-known,
- well-trodden,
- well-worn,
- without distinction,
- worn,
- worn thin,
- worn-out