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stereotyped

ster·e·o·typed
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ster-ee-uh-tahypt, steer-]
    • /ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪpt, ˈstɪər-/
    • /ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ster-ee-uh-tahypt, steer-]
    • /ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪpt, ˈstɪər-/

Definitions of stereotyped word

  • adjective stereotyped reproduced in or by stereotype plates. 1
  • adjective stereotyped fixed or settled in form; hackneyed; conventional. 1
  • noun stereotyped a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal. 1
  • noun stereotyped a plate made by this process. 1
  • noun stereotyped a set form; convention. 1
  • noun stereotyped Sociology. a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group: The cowboy and Indian are American stereotypes. 1

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Origin of stereotyped

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; stereotype + -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Stereotyped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stereotyped popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

stereotyped usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for stereotyped

adj stereotyped

  • banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  • bromidic — ordinary; dull
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.

noun stereotyped

  • exampled — Simple past tense and past participle of example.

adjective stereotyped

  • isolationist — a person who favors or works for isolationism.
  • noplace — nowhere.
  • nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
  • ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
  • weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.

verb stereotyped

Antonyms for stereotyped

verb stereotyped

  • dissimilated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimilate.

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