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stereotypy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/
• /stɪər-/
• /-i.oʊ-/

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéréotypie, from stéréotype + -ie. By surface analysis, stereotype + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Meanings

1. (countable) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.
   • Coordinate term: stimming
   • Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression. 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022:
2. (uncountable) The process of making stereotype plates and printing from them.

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