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stereotyped

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ster·e·o·typed  (str--tpt, stîr-)
adj.
1. Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.
2. Conforming to a social norm; conventional.
3. Of or relating to stereotypy: stereotyped behavior.
4. Printing Printed or reproduced from stereotype plates.
stereotyped [ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪpt ˈstɪər-]
adj
1. lacking originality or individuality; conventional; trite
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) reproduced from or on a stereotype printing plate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stereotypedstereotyped - lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"
stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative
conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
stereotyped
adjective unoriginal, stock, standard, tired, conventional, played out, stale, banal, standardized, mass-produced, corny (slang), threadbare, trite, hackneyed, overused, platitudinous, cliché-ridden Listeners seem to have stereotyped ideas.


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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 stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
In Ionia and the islands the epic poets followed the Homeric tradition, singing of romantic subjects in the now stereotyped heroic style, and showing originality only in their choice of legends hitherto neglected or summarily and imperfectly treated.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
He did everything with an air which put your attention on the alert and raised your expectations, but the result somehow was always on stereotyped lines, unsuggestive, empty of any lesson that one could lay to heart.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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