1. • noun - a conventional or formulaic conception or image
   • verb - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
2. • A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image: “Regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding.... Westerners are trendy, Midwesterners are dull, Northeasterners are brainy, and Southerners are lazy” (Brad Edmondson).
   • One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
   • A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
   • To make a stereotype of.
   • To characterize by a stereotype: “Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits” (American Demographics).
   • To give a fixed, unvarying form to.
   • To print from a stereotype.

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