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stereotyped

stereotyped is the simple past and past participle of stereotype.

Adjective

stereotyped

  1. Having a certain stereotype.
  2. Printed from stereotype plates.
  3. Unoriginal; stereotypical.
    • Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodcurdling...1900 April, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Introduction”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., published 17 May 1900, →OCLC
    • There are too many gratuitous and insulting characters, like Mary Fisher's employee, a stereotyped Latino stud, and the old people in a nursing home who are presented as unindividuated and naively happy.1989 December 24, Elizabeth Pincus, “Screwball Glitz And Revolt Against Misogyny”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 16

Meaning of stereotype

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.
    • Unable to ascertain what is in the minds of so many individuals, he must try to simplify his problems by eliminating individual differences: he must try to control and stereotype interests and beliefs by education and propaganda.1957, Karl Popper, chapter 24, in The Poverty of Historicism, FIRST HARPER TORCH BOOK edition, page 90
  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. (figuratively, transitive) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
    • Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is

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Words formed from stereotyped

Questions about stereotyped

What does stereotyped mean?
Stereotyped means having a certain stereotype.
What is stereotyped the simple past and past participle of?
Stereotyped is the simple past and past participle of stereotype.
What part of speech is stereotyped?
Stereotyped is an adjective.

Words near stereotyped in the dictionary

  1. stereotypable
  2. stereotype
  3. stereotype tax
  4. stereotype taxes
  5. stereotype threat
  6. stereotyped
  7. stereotyper
  8. stereotypers
  9. stereotypes
  10. stereotypic
  11. stereotypic movement disorder

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