Antonyms for stereotype

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-

Definition of stereotype

Origin : 1798, "method of printing from a plate," from French stéréotype (adj.) "printing by means of a solid plate of type," from Greek stereos "solid" (see sterile) + French type "type." Noun meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense, which is from 1819. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922. Stereotypical is attested from 1949.

noun idea held as standard, example
verb categorize as being example, standard

Example sentences :

Now we have both in a form which will endure with the stereotype plates.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various

First, some ministers settle for a stereotype of the priesthood.
Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe

The other figure of smoke is a stereotype in all tongues for evanescence.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren

The temptation is to stereotype the form when the spirit and power have all departed.
Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh

It was to stereotype belief, as it is stereotyped among the millions in the East.
Extract from : « Voltaire » by John Morley

It is only the stereotype of scenes that have been acted and reacted often and often at the Front.
Extract from : « The Romance of the Red Triangle » by Arthur Keysall Yapp

Possibly this stereotype is the result of being for ages cut off from other nations.
Extract from : « My Trip Around the World » by Eleonora Hunt

But, on the whole, no artist is less chargeable with stereotype than he.
Extract from : « A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) » by George Saintsbury

We have a stereotype about that, too, one slowly and painfully formed.
Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert

Is it intended to stereotype disaster, to perpetuate the blundering of the past?
Extract from : « Disturbed Ireland » by Bernard H. Becker

Synonyms for stereotype

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