stereotype
- Noun. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
- Noun. A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- Noun. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
- Verb. (transitive) : To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- Verb. (transitive) : To print from a stereotype.
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