1798, "method of printing from a plate," from French stéréotype (adj.) "printed by means of a solid plate of type," from Greek stereos "solid" (see stereo-) + French type "type" (see type (n.)). Meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922.
stereotype (v.)
1804, "to cast a stereotype plate," from stereotype (n.). From 1819 in the figurative sense "fix firmly or unchangeably." By 1953 as "assign preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group." Related: Stereotyped; stereotyping.
例文
1. It 's wrong to stereotype people，as if they were all alike.
人々をすべて同じものと見なしているのは間違いです。
2.He 's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.
彼は私の心の中の典型的な教師です。
3.I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another.
私たち全員が自分と似たようなパターン化したイメージを見つけることができることはよくわかります。
4.Many men feel their body shape doesn 't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.
多くの男性は、自分の体形が人々の心の中にありがちな理想の男性像に合わないと思っている。
5.There 's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.