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stereotypy|ˈstɛriːəʊˌtaɪpɪ|
[ad. F. stéréotypie, f. stéréotype stereotype a.]
1. The process of making stereotype plates; stereotyping.
1891in Century Dict.
2. Path. Persistence of a fixed or stereotyped idea, mode of action, etc., in cases of insanity.
1909C. L. Dana Nervous Dis. (ed. 7) 686 Stereotypy is shown in two ways. 1912B. Hart Psychol. Insanity Index 176. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 262/2 Stereotypy, a pathological phenomenon consisting in the endless repetition of fragmentary or apparently senseless words, apparently useless movements, or of certain postures. 1948[see catatonic a.]. 1976M. Hamilton Fish's Schizophrenia (ed. 2) iii. 58 A stereotypy is a movement which is not goal-directed and which is carried out in a uniform way, but some mannerisms which are abnormal exaggerations of expressive movements may be confused with stereotypies; however they are not executed in such a rigid way.
3. Zool. The frequent repetition by an animal of an action that serves no obvious purpose.
1934E. S. Russell Behaviour of Animals v. 98 Examples of this stereotypy or rigidity of instinctive behaviour. 1967Animal Behaviour XV. 63/2 In this stereotypy, a bird would repeatedly touch the tip or side of the bill to a particular spot. 1981Ibid. XXIX. 4/1 Inappropriate and often perseverant stereotypy can be elicited in many animals by raising them in abnormal and restricted environments.
4. gen. The state or quality of being stereotyped (sense b).
1950T. Wiesengrund-Adorno et al. Authoritarian Personality i. iii. 94 One striking characteristic of the imagery in anti-Semitic ideology is its stereotypy. 1973O. Sacks Awakenings i. 36 Witty and precise in her speech without significant stereotypy or stickiness of thought. 1976Word 1971 XXVII. 128 This stereotypy of semantic relations of nouns reported by Bowerman decreases as mean sentence length increases. |