Stereotypy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stereotypy is a noun meaning (countable, medicine) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.
Meaning
(countable, medicine) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, printing) The process of making stereotype plates and printing from them.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- stereotypies
Related Words
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