英文词源
- stereotype (n.)
- 1798, "method of printing from a plate," from French stéréotype (adj.) "printed by means of a solid plate of type," from Greek stereos "solid" (see stereo-) + French type "type" (see type (n.)). Meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922.
- stereotype (v.)
- 1804, "to cast a stereotype plate," from stereotype (n.). From 1819 in the figurative sense "fix firmly or unchangeably." By 1953 as "assign preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group." Related: Stereotyped; stereotyping.
中文词源
stereotype：铅版印刷，铅板制版法，刻板印象，模式化观念
stereo-,固定的，坚固的，type,印刷，打印。原指一种印刷方法，引申词义刻板印象，模式化 观念等。
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