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   stereotype

   /ˈstɛrɪə(ʊ)tʌɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "the stereotype of the woman as the carer"
   • ▪ a person or thing that conforms to a widely held but oversimplified image of the class or type to which they belong: "don't treat anyone as a stereotype"
   • 2. a relief printing plate cast in a mould made from composed type or an original plate.

   verb

   • 1. view or represent as a stereotype: "the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French stéréotype (adjective).

   Derivatives

   • 1. stereotypic adjective
   • 2. stereotypically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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