stereotype

stéréotype

Idée figée et trop simple sur les personnes appartenant à un groupe.

En anglais simple : A fixed, too simple idea about what people in a particular group are like.

• That claim is a stereotype.
• The film challenges a common stereotype about older people.
• Children can learn stereotypes from television.

Synonymes : preconception

Expressions courantes : gender stereotype, racial stereotype, challenge a stereotype

cliché typographique

Plaque métallique moulée à partir de caractères assemblés, servant à imprimer plusieurs exemplaires d’une page.

En anglais simple : A metal plate made from a mould of arranged letters, used to print copies of a page.

• The printer cast a stereotype.
• A damaged stereotype produced blurred letters.
• The museum displays stereotypes from an old newspaper press.

Synonymes : stereotype plate

Expressions courantes : metal stereotype, stereotype plate

stéréotyper

Fabriquer des plaques métalliques d’impression à partir de moules de pages composées de caractères.

En anglais simple : To make metal printing plates from moulds of pages of arranged letters.

• They stereotyped the pages for later editions.
• The printer planned to stereotype the entire book.
• Once stereotyped, the text could be printed again easily.

Expressions courantes : stereotype a book, stereotype the pages