different between stereotype vs prejudicate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéréotype. Printing sense is from 1817, the “conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image” sense is recorded from 1922 in Walter Lippmann's book Public Opinion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.?i.??ta?p/, /?st??.?i.??ta?p/

Noun

stereotype (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypes)

1. A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).

   Synonyms: cliché, platitude

2. (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
3. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

   Synonym: cliché

4. (software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

Derived terms

• stereotypic
• stereotypical

Translations

Verb

stereotype (third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)

1. (transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
2. (transitive, printing) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.

3. (transitive, printing) To print from a stereotype.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
   • 1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is

     Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.

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Swedish

Adjective

stereotype

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of stereotyp.

English

Alternative forms

• præjudicate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praei?dic?tus, past participle of praei?dic? (“pre-judge”). Doublet of prejudge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?i??d?u?d?k?t/

Adjective

prejudicate (comparative more prejudicate, superlative most prejudicate)

1. (obsolete) Prejudiced, biased. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.7:

     their works will be embraced by most that understand them, and their reasons enforce belief even from prejudicate Readers.

2. Preconceived (of an opinion, idea etc.); formed before the event. [from 16th c.]
   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]

     ignorances and prejudicate opinions

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?i??d?u?d?ke?t/

Verb

prejudicate (third-person singular simple present prejudicates, present participle prejudicating, simple past and past participle prejudicated)

1. (transitive, intransitive, now rare) To determine beforehand, especially rashly; to prejudge. [from 16th c.]
   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, First Folio 1623:

     the Florentine will moue vs / For speedie ayde: wherein our deerest friend / Preiudicates the businesse, and would seeme / To haue vs make deniall.