stereotype in English dictionary

  • stereotype

    Meanings and definitions of "stereotype"

    • A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
    • 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.
    • (transitive): To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
    • (transitive): To print from a stereotype.
    • noun
      A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
    • noun
      (psychology)
      A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
    • noun
      (printing)
      A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
    • noun
      (computing, UML)
      An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To print from a stereotype.
    • verb
      (transitive, figuratively)
      To make firm or permanent; to fix.
    • a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
    • A representation of a usage distinction. A stereotype is a subclass of an existing element with the same attributes and relationships as that element but with a different intent and possibly additional constraints.
    • stereotype (in printing)
    • (paper) stencil
    • noun
      a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
    • verb
      treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

    Synonyms of "stereotype" in English dictionary

    mental representation, sort, stamp are the top synonyms of "stereotype" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of stereotype

    • stereotype ( plural  stereotypes)
    • stereotype ( third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza stereotype; lm  liczba mnoga stereotypes
    • stereotype (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypes)
    • stereotype (third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)
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