Meaning Of The Word Stereotype

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What's The Definition Of Stereotype?

stereotype
If someone is stereotyped as something, people form a fixed general idea or image of them, so that it is assumed that they will behave in a particular way.
countable noun: A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.

stereotype in American English
a one-piece printing plate cast in type metal from a mold (matrix) taken of a printing surface, as a page of set type
noun: a process for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal
transitive verb: to make a stereotype of

stereotype in British English
to make a stereotype of
noun: a method of producing cast-metal printing plates from a mould made from a forme of type matter in papier-mâché or some other material

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