stereotype

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French stéréotype (adjective), equivalent to stereo- +‎ type. Printing sense is from 1817; the “conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image” sense is recorded from 1922 in Walter Lippmann’s book Public Opinion. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/, /ˈstɪə.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/, (Canadian raising) [ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtʌɪp], /ˈstɪɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/, (Canadian raising) [ˈstɪɹ.i.əˌtʌɪp] (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌstiɹ.joˈtaɪp/ === Noun === stereotype (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypes) A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people). Coordinate terms: cliché, platitude, single story; archetype, prototype (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface. Synonym: cliché (software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stereotypy, stereotypography ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stereotype (third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped) (transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype. (transitive, printing) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of. (transitive, printing) To print from a stereotype. (transitive, figurative) To make firm or permanent; to fix. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === stereotype (literal) Of an edition: printed in stereotype. (figurative, now somewhat rare) Synonym of stereotyped. ==== Usage notes ==== Often undistinguishable from the attributive use of the noun. === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === From French stéréotype. === Pronunciation === === Noun === stereotype n (plural stereotypes or stereotypen, diminutive stereotypetje n) stereotype ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Adjective === stereotype definite natural masculine singular of stereotyp