stereotypy

noun /ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/

1. Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.

   countable

   Coordinate term: stimming

2. The process of making stereotype plates and printing from them.

   uncountable

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French stéréotypie, from stéréotype + -ie. By surface analysis, stereotype + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry stereotypy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← stereometrysterigma →

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