stereotyped

Definitions

adj

1

Having a certain stereotype.

2

Printed from stereotype plates.

3

Unoriginal; stereotypical.

Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodcurdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.

There are too many gratuitous and insulting characters, like Mary Fisher's employee, a stereotyped Latino stud, and the old people in a nursing home who are presented as unindividuated and naively happy.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

foreign, unemployed

VERB + STEREOTYPED

become, criticized, program

STEREOTYPED + NOUN

customers, latino, story, stud

ADV.

often

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

stereotypic
stereotypical
unimaginative

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereo

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There are too many gratuitous and insulting characters, like Mary Fisher's employee, a stereotyped Latino stud, and the old people in a nursing home who are presented as unindividuated and naively hap

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The movie is a stereotyped sob story.

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04

This program has become stereotyped.

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05

Millennials are often stereotyped as entitled, unemployed and more likely to still be living with their parents.

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Millennials are often criticized and stereotyped for not buying homes or following other social norms of their parents’ generations.

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