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English Dictionary: Stereotyped by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stereotyped
adj
  1. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"
    Synonym(s): stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative
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[82]r[82]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).
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