stereotype vs take to be

stereotype

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. 

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. 

take to be

How often have the words stereotype and take to be occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )