Cliché
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A cliché is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, novelty, or figurative or artistic power, even to the point of now bein
Using a feature such as an overhanging branch to frame a nature scene may be described as a visual cliché.
Stereotype (printing)
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In printing, a stereotype, stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type. The mould was known as a
Cliché
…click', used as a noun; cliché is attested from 1825 and originated in the printing trades. The term cliché was adopted as printers' jargon to refer to a stereotype, electrotype, cast plate or block print that could reproduce type or images repeatedly. It has been suggested that the word originated from the clicking…
A stereotype mould ("flong") being made
Stereotype casting room of the Seattle Daily Times, c. 1900
A copyright notice for a book from 1870, using the term stereotyped in its original sense