[Ads-l] "Stereotyping" (Noun, Preconceived and Oversimplified Characterization, Not in OED in This Sense)
Pete Morris
mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM
Fri May 29 05:23:27 UTC 2026
Does this from 1863 count? It does seem to mean preconceived and
oversimplified,
rather than a printing term.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Titan/VQYPAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stereotype+image&pg=PA443-IA12&printsec=frontcover
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Date 28/05/2026 20:23:46
Subject "Stereotyping" (Noun, Preconceived and Oversimplified
Characterization, Not in OED in This Sense)
>stereotyping, n. (not in OED in this sense)
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>1933 Sterling A. Brown in Journal of Negro Education April 180/2 (JSTOR)
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>The writer of this essay does not ... believe the stereotypes of contented slaves and buffoons are to be successfully balanced by pictures of Negroes who are unbelievably intellectual, noble, self-sacrificial, and faultless. Any stereotyping is fatal to great, or even to convincing literature.
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>Fred Shapiro
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