stereotype (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[stereotype 词源字典]
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.[stereotype etymology, stereotype origin, 英语词源]