1.
[syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]
1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the
stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
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2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
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Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate
the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of
Argyll (1887).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, a.
1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.
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2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as,
stereotyped opinions.
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Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and
smooth conventionalities. --J. C.
Shairp.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stereotyped
adj 1: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality;
"stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity
was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic,
stereotypical, unimaginative]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "stereotyped":
alike, automatic, average, back-number, banal, beaten, besetting,
bewhiskered, bromidic, cliche, cliched, common, commonplace,
constant, corny, current, cut-and-dried, dominant, epidemic, fade,
familiar, frequent, fusty, habitual, hackney, hackneyed,
indiscernible, indistinct, indistinctive, indistinguishable,
interchangeable, moth-eaten, musty, normal, old hat, ordinary,
overworked, pandemic, persistent, platitudinous, popular,
predominant, predominating, prevailing, prevalent, rampant,
recurrent, recurring, regnant, regular, reigning, repetitive, rife,
routine, ruling, running, set, square, stale, standard, stock,
threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, truistic, undifferentiated,
undiscriminated, undistinguishable, undistinguished, uniform,
unoriginal, usual, warmed-over, well-known, well-trodden,
well-worn, without distinction, worn, worn thin, worn-out