Definition of: stereotype

(ster′ē·ə·tīp′, stir′-) noun
1. A plate taken in type metal from a matrix, as of paper, reproducing the surface from which the matrix was made.
2. Stereotypy.
3. Anything made or processed in this way.
4. A conventional or hackneyed expression, custom, or mode of thought.
—v.t. ·typed, ·typ·ing
1. To make a stereotype of.
2. To fix firmly or unalterably.