stereotypy

[ ster-ee-uh-tahy-pee, steer- ]

noun

1. the stereotype process.
2. Also called stereotyped behavior. Psychiatry. persistent mechanical repetition of speech or movement, sometimes occurring as a symptom of schizophrenia, autism, or other mental disorder.

stereotypy

/ ˈstɪər-; ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪpɪ /

noun

1. the act or process of making stereotype printing plates
2. a tendency to think or act in rigid, repetitive, and often meaningless patterns

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereotypy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; stereotype + -y ³

Example Sentences

More akin to the tics is stereotypy of written language, so common an appanage of mental disease.

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Stereotypy and perseveration are other evidences of this narrowness of thought content.

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Grazia Deledda was displaying stereotypy and Zuccoli reploughed the familiar acre.

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It indicates a tendency to mental  stereotypy, so frequently encountered in testing the feeble-minded.

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