stereotype

Noun

a conventional or formulaic conception or image
- "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

Verb

treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
- "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
To print from a stereotype.
To make firm or permanent; to fix.

Examples

Not all Zumbetonians wear plimsolls. That's just a stereotype.
to stereotype the Bible

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French stéréotype, equivalent to stereo- + type. Printing sense is from 1817, the “conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image” sense is recorded from 1922 in Walter Lippmann's book Public Opinion.

Synonyms

pigeonhole, stamp, cliché

Scrabble Score: 15

stereotype: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stereotype: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stereotype: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

stereotype: valid Words With Friends Word