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Subject: [Leica] Stereotype
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:45:38 -0700
 
From Mirriam-Webster on line:

Main Entry: stereotype
  Function: noun
  Etymology: French stéréotype, from stéré- stere- + type
  Date: 1817
  1 : a plate cast from a printing surface
  2 : 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

The etymology goes back to the original Greek "stereos",
meaning solid or three-dimensional.

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Appleby [mailto:robert.appleby@tin.it]
>
>(BTW, does anyone
>know what "stereotype" actually derives from? Sounds photographic).