stereotype

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On the opposite end of the stereotype are the organic beans and rice, bulk food buying hippies.

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  1. noun A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
  2. noun One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  3. noun Printing A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.
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stereotype:   stereotyped ·  stereotypes
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  1. French stéréotype, stereotype printing : stéréo-, solid (from Greek stereo-; see stereo-) + type, printing type (from Old French, symbol, from Late Latin typus; see type).

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  1. = French stéréotype, from Greek στερεός, fixed, + τύπος, impression, type: see type.
  2. from stereotype, n.
 

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/ˈstɛrəətaɪp/
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