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STEREOTYPE [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

To view or portray (a person) as having characteristics corresponding to a widely held but oversimplified or prejudiced preconception of the group to which they belong.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern, especially: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.

OBS

[Not to be confused with cliché] encountered in reference to something hackneyed, such as an overly familiar or commonplace phrase, theme, or expression. Stereotype is most frequently ... employed to refer to an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Idée, opinion toute faite, acceptée sans réflexion et répétée sans avoir été soumise à un examen critique, par une personne ou un groupe, et qui détermine, à un degré plus ou moins élevé, ses manières de penser, de sentir et d'agir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología social
DEF

Opinión o actitud convencional, repetitiva, sin originalidad y sin adaptación a una situación concreta, pero que se impone como "cliché" a los miembros de un grupo más o menos importante.

Key term(s)
  • idea convencional
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Record 3 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

Expression ou œuvre (littéraire, artistique, etc.), banale, de routine, copiant manifestement un modèle et dépourvue de toute originalité.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrotyping and Stereotype Printing
DEF

A letterpress duplicate plate made by molding type pages in a suitable material, forming a matrix.

OBS

Molding is followed by casting, resulting in relief plates.

OBS

Some rubber and plastic plates are now based on the stereotype principle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stéréotypie et galvanotypie
DEF

Cliché obtenu par la reproduction des pages de texte au moyen de flans qui prennent l'empreinte de la composition et dans lesquels on coule de la matière en fusion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estereotipia y galvanotipia
DEF

Plancha de estereotipia.

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Record 5 2012-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrotyping and Stereotype Printing
DEF

The method or process of printing in which a solid plate, usually of type metal, is cast from a mold (or matrix) ... taken from the surface of a form of type ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stéréotypie et galvanotypie
DEF

Procédé [...] qui consiste [...] à transformer en un bloc homogène une composition typographique constituée d'éléments mobiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estereotipia y galvanotipia
DEF

Procedimiento para la obtención de planchas o clisés que reemplazan las formas de líneas y tipos sueltos.

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Record 6 2000-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A word, phrase, number or abbreviation, which, as a result of frequent use, may be suspected of appearing in a particular encrypted message.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Mot, groupe de mots, nombre ou abréviation qui, en raison d'un usage fréquent, peut être suspecté d'apparaître dans un message chiffré particulier.

Spanish

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