ALL meanings of stereotypes
ster·e·o·type
S s - noun stereotypes 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 stereotypes a plate made by this process. 1
- noun stereotypes a set form; convention. 1
- noun stereotypes 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
- verb with object stereotypes to make a stereotype of. 1
- verb with object stereotypes to characterize or regard as a stereotype: The actor has been stereotyped as a villain. 1
- verb with object stereotypes to give a fixed form to. 1