stereotypy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéréotypie, from stéréotype +‎ -ie.[1] By surface analysis, stereotype +‎ -y (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/, /stɪər-/, /-i.oʊ-/

Noun

stereotypy (countable and uncountable, plural stereotypies)

  1. (countable, medicine) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.
    Coordinate term: stimming
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly‎[1], volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 January 2022:
      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.
  2. (uncountable, printing) The process of making stereotype plates and printing from them.

References

  1. ^ “stereotypy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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