stereotype English · revision 943

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/, /ˈstɪə.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/ ''(UK)''; /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/, /ˈstɪɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|stéréotype|t=printed from a solid plate of type]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[af|fr|stéréo-|type|t1=solid|t2=type]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) the first element from [[grc|στερεός|tr=stereós|t=solid]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A method of printing from a solid metal plate cast from a mould of composed type (1798).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was extended to the plate itself (1817),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) and the verb meant “to cast a stereotype plate” (1804).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) Because such a plate reproduces the same page unchanged, the verb came to mean “to fix firmly or unchangeably” (before 1819),^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and the noun “something repeated without change” (1850).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The sense of a preconceived and oversimplified idea of the characteristics of a person or group was popularized by Walter Lippmann's ''Public Opinion'' (1922).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1798 – stereotype printing.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1804 – verb, to cast stereotype plates.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1817 – a stereotype plate.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * before 1819 – verb, to fix unchangeably.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1850 – something repeated without change.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1922 – an oversimplified conception of a group.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A conventional, oversimplified and often prejudiced idea or image of a person, group or thing.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person or thing regarded as conforming to such a set image.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(printing)'' A metal plate cast from a mould of a raised printing surface such as type.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To characterize by a stereotype; to form a stereotype of.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give a fixed, unvarying form to; to make [[hackneyed]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make a stereotype plate of, or print from one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stereotyper]]

+ * [[stereotypically]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stereotypy]]

+ * [[cliché]]

+ * [[stereo]]

+ * [[type]]

+ * [[prejudice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}