stereotypical

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
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/ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/ · /ˌstɪə̯-/ · /ˌstɪː-/ · /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/ · /ˌstɪɹ-/ · /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/ · /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtəp.ə.kəl/ · /ˌsti(ː)ə̯-/ · /ˌstiɹ-/ · /ˌsʈɛɾ.iː.oˈʈɪp.ɪ.kal/ · /ˌsʈɪjə̯ʳ-/ · /ˌsʈiːɾ-/

Definition of stereotypical

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
    “There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.”
    “A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.”
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adj

  1. Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
    “There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.”
    “A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.”
  2. Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse.
    “I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.”
  3. Relating to stereotypy.
    “Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From stereotype + -ical.

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