stereotypical

English

From stereotype +‎ -ical.

stereotypical (comparative more stereotypical, superlative most stereotypical)

Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
- 2007, James Burr, Ugly Stories for Beautiful People, page 45:
  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.
- 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  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.
Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse.
I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.
Relating to stereotypy.
- 2005, Lloyd J. Brown, Lee Todd Miller, Pediatrics, page 383:
  Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.

pertaining to a stereotype

banal

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Dutch: stereotiep (nl)
Finnish: stereotyyppinen (fi)
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Georgian: სტერეოტიპული (sṭereoṭiṗuli)
Italian: stereotipo (it)
Spanish: estereotipado (es) m, manoseado (es) m, gastado (es) m, trillado (es) m
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relating to stereotypy