Stereotyped

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stereotyped
       adj : lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality;
             "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his
             profanity was unimaginative" [syn: {stereotypic}, {stereotypical},
              {unimaginative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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