Meanings
comparative more stereotypically · superlative most stereotypically
- In a stereotypical manner or way.
It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
2024 May 9, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ster-
- Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
- Frenchstéréo-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewp-
- Proto-Hellenic*túpt͏̌ō
- Ancient Greekτῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)deverb.
- Ancient Greekτῠ́πος (tŭ́pos)
- Ecclesiastical Latintypu
- Frenchtype
- Frenchstéréotype
- Englishstereotype
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishstereotypical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishstereotypically
From stereotypical + -ly.
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