stereotype

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ster·e·o·type / ˈsterēəˌtīp; ˈsti(ə)r-/ • n. 1. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: the stereotype of the woman as the carer sexual and racial stereotypes. ∎  a person or thing that conforms to such an image: don't treat anyone as a stereotype.2. a relief printing plate cast in a mold made from composed type or an original plate.• v. [tr.] view or represent as a stereotype: the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland | [as adj.] (stereotyped) the film is weakened by its stereotyped characters. DERIVATIVES: ster·e·o·typ·ic / ˌsterēəˈtipik/ adj.ster·e·o·typ·i·cal adj.ster·e·o·typ·i·cal·ly adv.

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