单词 | stereotyping |
释义 | stereotypingn. 1. The action or process of making stereotype plates for printing. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > making plates stereotyping1807 stereotypy1891 1807 Monthly Mag. May 372/2 The wear of moveable types, in Stereotyping, does not exceed 5l. per cent. of the heavy expence incurred by the old method of printing. 1820 T. Hodgson Ess. Stereotype Printing 87 A plate was then obtained from the matrice by means of the stereotyping, or striking, machine. 1904 H. Spencer Autobiogr. II. 164 The cost of composition and stereotyping. 2. figurative. The action of fixing or perpetuating in an unchanging form. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] > perpetuating stereotyping1888 1888 Bulman in Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 24 231/2 The ‘stereotyping’ of the developed colours by insect selection. 1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone III. ix. vii. 331 There ought to be no stereotyping of our minds against modifications. 1914 J. Patrick Clement of Alexandria vi. 220 An illustration of a familiar experience—the stereotyping of an error, not recognised as an error in the mind of a writer. 3. Zoology. = stereotypy n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > that serves no purpose > repetition of stereotypy1934 stereotyping1950 1950 G. Sircom tr. H. Hediger Wild Animals in Captivity viii. 76 This stereotyping is not serious, yet it shows clearly enough that the animal's surroundings need enrichment. 1967 Animal Behaviour XV. 64 There were no significant differences between any of the groups in spot-picking, route-tracing, or total stereotyping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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