Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stereotyped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, a.
1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.
2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as,
stereotyped opinions.
Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and
smooth conventionalities. --J. C.
Shairp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]
1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the
stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate
the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of
Argyll (1887).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stereotyped
adj : lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality;
"stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his
profanity was unimaginative" [syn: {stereotypic}, {stereotypical},
{unimaginative}]
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