adj
Meaning 1
Of an edition: printed in stereotype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: literal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stereotype
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
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UK: /ˈstɪə.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtʌɪp] Canadian raising
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Canada, General-American: /ˈstɪɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈstɪɹ.i.əˌtʌɪp] Canadian raising
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Philippines: /ˌstiɹ.joˈtaɪp/
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adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of stereotyped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stereotyped
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Not all Zumbetonians wear plimsolls. That's just a stereotype.
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cliché
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: media, printing, publishing
Examples
- to stereotype the Bible
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To print from a stereotype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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verb
Meaning 10
To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
a conventional or formulaic conception or image
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representation, mental representation, internal representation
verb
Meaning 12
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pigeonhole, stamp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صُورَة نَمَطِيَّة (ṣūra namaṭiyya) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Armenian: կարծրատիպ (karcratip) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Bulgarian: стереотип (stereotip) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Catalan: estereotip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Chinese Mandarin: 刻板印象 (kèbǎn yìnxiàng) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Czech: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Danish: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Dutch: stereotype — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Esperanto: stereotipo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Esperanto: kliŝo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Estonian: stereotüüp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Faroese: javngjørd — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Faroese: stereotýpa — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Finnish: stereotyyppi — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Finnish: kangistuma — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Finnish: kaavoittuma — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Finnish: stereotypia — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- French: stéréotype — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Galician: estereotipo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Georgian: სტერეოტიპი (sṭereoṭiṗi) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- German: Stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- German: Klischee — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- German: (psych.) Rollenklischee — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Greek: στερεότυπο (stereótypo) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Hebrew: סְטֵרֵאוֹטִיפּ (steryotíp) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Hebrew: סטריאוטיפ (steryotíp) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Hungarian: sztereotípia — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Icelandic: staðalímynd — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Indonesian: stéréotipê — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Irish: steiréitiopa — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Italian: stereotipo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Japanese: ステレオタイプ (sutereotaipu) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Korean: 고정관념 (gojeonggwannyeom) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Latvian: stereotips — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Lithuanian: stereotipas — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Macedonian: стереотип (stereotip) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Malay: stereotaip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Māori: arotoka — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Norwegian Bokmål: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Persian: تفکر قالبی (tafakkor-e qâlebi) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Polish: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Portuguese: estereótipo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Romanian: stereotip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Russian: стереоти́п (stereotíp) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Russian: клише́ (klišé) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Serbo-Croatian: стереотип — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Serbo-Croatian: stereotip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Slovak: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Slovene: stereotip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Spanish: estereotipo — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Spanish: tópico — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Swedish: stereotyp — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Thai: แบบเหมารวม — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Thai: ภาพเหมารวม — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Thai: การเหมารวม — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Turkish: basmakalıp söz — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Turkish: kalıplaşmış yargı — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Turkish: stereotip — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Ukrainian: стереоти́п (stereotýp) — conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
- Armenian: կարծրատիպ (karcratip) — printing plate
- Bulgarian: клише (kliše) — printing plate
- Catalan: estereotip — printing plate
- Danish: kliché — printing plate
- Danish: kliche — printing plate
- Finnish: stereotyyppi — printing plate
- French: cliché — printing plate
- Galician: estereotipo — printing plate
- German: Stereotypie — printing plate
- Greek: στερεοτυπία (stereotypía) — printing plate
- Hungarian: tömöntvény — printing plate
- Hungarian: klisé — printing plate
- Hungarian: sztereotípia — printing plate
- Hungarian: nyomóforma — printing plate
- Hungarian: nyomódúc — printing plate
- Hungarian: dúc — printing plate
- Hungarian: nyomólemez — printing plate
- Hungarian: sablon — printing plate
- Spanish: estereotipo — printing plate
- Turkish: baskı klişesi — printing plate
- Finnish: stereotyyppi — extensibility mechanism of UML
- French: stéréotype — extensibility mechanism of UML
- German: Stereotyp — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Italian: stereotipo — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Polish: stereotyp — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Portuguese: estereótipo — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Russian: стереотип (stereotip) — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Spanish: estereotipo — extensibility mechanism of UML
- Catalan: estereotipar — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Chinese Mandarin: 以刻板印象为特征 (Yǐ kèbǎn yìnxiàng wèi tèzhēng) — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Esperanto: stereotipi — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Finnish: stereotyypitellä — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Finnish: stereotypioida — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- French: stéréotyper — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- French: clicher — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Italian: stereotipare — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Māori: arotoka — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Portuguese: estereotipar — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Spanish: estereotipar — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Thai: เหมารวม — make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype
- Finnish: stereotypioida — print from a stereotype
- Irish: plátáil — print from a stereotype