Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
- noun One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- noun Printing A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
- transitive verb To make a stereotype of.
- transitive verb To characterize by a stereotype.
- transitive verb To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
- transitive verb To print from a stereotype.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cast a stereotype plate from: as, to
stereotype a page or a form. - To prepare for printing by means of stereotype plates: as, to
stereotype the New Testament. - To fix or establish firmly or unchangeably.
- noun The duplicate, in one piece of type metal, of the face of a. collection of types composed for printing.
- noun Loosely, an electrotype.
- noun The art of making plates of fixed metallic types; the process of producing printed work by means of such plates.
- Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotyping, or stereotype printing: as, stereotype work: stereotype plates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
- noun The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
- noun a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
- transitive verb To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of.
- transitive verb Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
conventional ,formulaic , andoversimplified conception ,opinion , orimage . - noun psychology A person who is regarded as
embodying orconforming to a setimage ortype . - noun printing A
metal printing plate cast from amatrix moulded from araised printingsurface . - 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 orpermanent ; tofix .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
- noun a conventional or formulaic conception or image
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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As we saw in chapter 4, the term stereotype threat has been coined to describe this phenomenon.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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As we saw in chapter 4, the term stereotype threat has been coined to describe this phenomenon.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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As we saw in chapter 4, the term stereotype threat has been coined to describe this phenomenon.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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In contrast, for female students with the ability to succeed and an interest in rising to the top, highlighting expectations of poor performance are quite threatening—hence the name stereotype threat.21
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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In contrast, for female students with the ability to succeed and an interest in rising to the top, highlighting expectations of poor performance are quite threatening—hence the name stereotype threat.21
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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In contrast, for female students with the ability to succeed and an interest in rising to the top, highlighting expectations of poor performance are quite threatening—hence the name stereotype threat.21
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Members have long complained they have been unfairly characterised as lazy but the new research appears to prove that the stereotype is actually true.
Young Adults of Today Have an Over-Inflated Sense of Entitlement | Impact Lab 2010
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From that point of view, the stereotype is actually a really efficient narrative tool — like the stock characters in medieval or Renaissance plays — especially for short-form visual media.
The Wisdom of Clowns 2009
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Bolstering the stereotype is apparently more important to you than the science that Bradford offered you.
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Bolstering the stereotype is apparently more important to you than the science that Bradford offered you.
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