— stereotyper, stereotypist , n. — stereotypic /ster'ee euh tip"ik, stear'-/ , stereotypical , adj.
/ster"ee euh tuyp', stear"-/ , n. , v. , stereotyped, stereotyping .
n.
1. a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, 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.
2. a plate made by this process.
3. a set form; convention.
4. Sociol. a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group: The cowboy and Indian are American stereotypes.
v.t.
5. to make a stereotype of.
6. to characterize or regard as a stereotype: The actor has been stereotyped as a villain.
7. to give a fixed form to.
[ 1790-1800; STEREO- + -TYPE ]
Syn. 6. categorize, type, identify.