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ster·e·o·type    Audio Help   [ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -typed, -typ·ing.
–noun
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.Sociology. 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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
[Origin: 1790–1800; stereo- + -type]

—Related forms
ster·e·o·typ·er, ster·e·o·typ·ist, noun
ster·e·o·typ·ic    Audio Help   [ster-ee-uh-tip-ik, steer-] Pronunciation Key, ster·e·o·typ·i·cal, adjective

—Synonyms 6. categorize, type, identify.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  stereotype
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  categorize, convention, mold, pattern, standard, typecast
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  cliché
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A trite expression or idea.
Synonyms:  banality, bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Columbia Electronic EncyclopediaCite This Source


stereotype, plate from which printing is done, made by casting metal in a mold, usually of paper pulp. The process was patented in 1725 by the Scottish inventor William Ged. Firmin Didot improved the process, named it, and extended its use. Cylinder presses, by which newspapers were traditionally printed, use curved stereotype plates that fit the cylinders. For other applications, stereotype has largely been replaced by electrotype. 
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