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Webster 1913 Edition

Stereotype

Ste′re-o-type

,
Noun.
[
Stereo-
+
-type
: cf. F.
stéréotype
.]
1.
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.
☞ A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type.
2.
The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
Stereotype block
,
a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.

Ste′re-o-type

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stereotyped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stereotyping
.]
[Cf. F.
stéréotyper
.]
1.
To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of;
as, to
stereotype
the Bible
.
2.
Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Powerful causes tending to
stereotype
and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.
Duke of Argyll (1887).

Webster 1828 Edition

Stereotype

STEREOTYPE

,
Noun.
[Gr., fixed; type, form.]
1.
Literally, a fixed metal type; hence, a plate of fixed or solid metallic types for printing books. Thus we say, a book is printed on stereotype, or in stereotype. In the latter use, the word seems rather to signify the workmanship or manner of printing, than the plate.
2.
The art of making plates of fixed metallic types, or of executing work on such plates.

STEREOTYPE

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to fixed metallic types.
2.
Done on fixed metallic types, or plates of fixed types; as stereotype work; stereotype printing; a stereotype copy of the Bible.

STEREOTYPE

,
Verb.
T.
To make fixed metallic types or plates of type metal, corresponding with the words and letters of a book; to compose a book in fixed types; as, to stereotype the New Testament; certain societies have stereotyped the Bible.

Definition 2024

Stereotype

Stereotype

German

Noun

Stereotype n

  1. plural of Stereotyp

stereotype

stereotype

English

Noun

stereotype ‎(countable and uncountable, plural stereotypes)

  1. A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
  2. (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  3. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
  4. (computing, UML) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

Translations

Verb

stereotype ‎(third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)

  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, figuratively) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
    • Duke of Argyll (1887)
      Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.

Translations

See also

Swedish

Adjective

stereotype

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of stereotyp.

Etymology

Derived from French stéréotype.

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