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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, adjective
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stereotyped
adjective: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: {stereotypic}, {stereotypical}, {unimaginative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "stereotyped": alike, automatic, average, back-number, banal, beaten, besetting, bewhiskered, bromidic, cliche, cliched, common, commonplace, constant, corny, current, cut-and-dried, dominant, epidemic, fade, familiar, frequent, fusty, habitual, hackney, hackneyed, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinctive, indistinguishable, interchangeable, moth-eaten, musty, normal, old hat, ordinary, overworked, pandemic, persistent, platitudinous, popular, predominant, predominating, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, recurrent, recurring, regnant, regular, reigning, repetitive, rife, routine, ruling, running, set, square, stale, standard, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, truistic, undifferentiated, undiscriminated, undistinguishable, undistinguished, uniform, unoriginal, usual, warmed-over, well-known, well-trodden, well-worn, without distinction, worn, worn thin, worn-out
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