stereotype
noun
[ ˈstɛrɪə(ʊ)tʌɪp ]
• a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
• "the stereotype of the woman as the carer"
Similar:
standard/conventional image,
received idea,
cliché,
hackneyed idea,
formula,
• a relief printing plate cast in a mould made from composed type or an original plate.
stereotype
verb
• view or represent as a stereotype.
• "the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland"
Similar:
typecast,
pigeonhole,
conventionalize,
standardize,
categorize,
compartmentalize,
label,
tag,
stock,
conventional,
stereotypical,
conventionalized,
standardized,
standard,
formulaic,
predictable,
hackneyed,
clichéd,
cliché-ridden,
banal,
trite,
platitudinous,
unoriginal,
derivative,
overused,
overworked,
well worn,
stale,
tired,
corny,
old hat,
hacky,
Origin:
late 18th century: from French stéréotype (adjective).
