Stereotyping

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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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