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stereotype
/ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
noun
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
verb
To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
"to stereotype the Bible"
To print from a stereotype.
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