Stereotype

Origin

Derived from French stéréotype.

Full definition of stereotype

Noun

1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
3. (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
4. (UML) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
2. (transitive) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.to stereotype the Bible
3. (transitive) To print from a stereotype.
4. (transitive, figurative) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
• Duke of Argyll (1887)Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.