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stereotypical

[ ster-ee-uh-tip-i-kuhl, steer- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

portraying a simplified and standardized conception or image, often one that is construed as derogatory:
She is frustrated by the shallow and stereotypical roles that she is offered as an Asian actor.
The stereotypical environmentalist is a white dude wearing sandals and tie-dye.

The irony is that communities are protesting stereotyping—as cops respond in stereotypical ways.

In its structure the Mississippi Summer Project defied the stereotypical pattern of racial power in America.

I did one semester at Boulder, which was more a stereotypical, American collegiate experience.

It looks like a stereotypical convenience store, shelves crowded with garishly packaged junk food.

As Goggins puts it, “pictures about the archetypal not the stereotypical South.”

His descriptions of the appearance of Jewish characters are usually unflattering and stereotypical.

Most of the money did not come from the stereotypical Jewish billionaires.

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