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1. A conventional or formulaic conception or image
   "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
    
2. (printing) a metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface

1. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
   "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European";
   - pigeonhole, stamp

Derived forms: stereotypes, stereotyped, stereotyping

Type of: assort, class, classify, internal representation, mental representation, representation, separate, sort, sort out

Encyclopedia: Stereotype