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Definition of "stereotyped" [ste•re•o•typed]

  • Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality. (adjective)
  • Conforming to a social norm; conventional. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to stereotypy: stereotyped behavior. (adjective)
  • Printing Printed or reproduced from stereotype plates. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stereotyped" in a sentence
  • "You seem to know how prosperous, and what you call stereotyped, people look at things."
  • "A refinement of modern philosophy often leads our rationalist to speak depreciatingly, if not contemptuously, of what he calls a stereotyped revelation -- revelation in a book."
  • "These slips were printed in stereotyped forms and he had received hundreds of them - as many as"
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