stereotype

Speech parts

1. stereotype - Noun

2. stereotype - Verb

Meaning

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.

The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.

To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.

Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stamp pigeonhole class orientalism name average standard type model bromide shibboleth describe pattern print define
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Antonyms

scripture aboriginal singleton ABCs being new
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Hypernyms

class separate representation sort classify assort

Phrases with the word

macho stereotype holier-than-thou stereotype stereotype boost stereotype lift gender stereotype martial stereotype

Derivatives

stereotyped stereotyping

Examples

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself. Hugh Downs

You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype. Gary Cherone

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews. Björk

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart. Ed Koch

There's nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don't fit the stereotype yet. Haruki Murakami

In that mysterious dimension where the body meets the soul the stereotype is born and has her being. She is more body than soul, more soul than mind. To her belongs all that is beautiful, eve the very word beauty itself. All that exists, exists to beautify her. Germaine Greer

Close letter words and terms

stereotrope stereotropism stereotypable stereotype boost stereotype lift stereotype tax