rubber stamp vs stereotype

rubber stamp

noun
  • A person or organisation that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation. 

  • A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object. 

adj
  • Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power. 

verb
  • To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration. 

stereotype

noun
  • A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people). 

  • A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface. 

  • An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations. 

  • A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type. 

verb
  • To print from a stereotype. 

  • To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype. 

  • To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of. 

  • To make firm or permanent; to fix. 

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