stereotype

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.

A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.

To make a stereotype of.

To characterize by a stereotype.

To give a fixed, unvarying form to.

To print from a stereotype.

To cast a stereotype plate from: as, to stereotype a page or a form.

To prepare for printing by means of stereotype plates: as, to stereotype the New Testament.

To fix or establish firmly or unchangeably.