stereotypical
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Usually engaged in anodyne activities, they present idealized versions of childhood: full of stereotypical sweetness, innocence and light.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
He says the film gave the brothers an opportunity to challenge stereotypical representations of Nigeria.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” casts Minneapolis as progressive and neighborly, a bustling metropolis located between stereotypical Midwestern patriarchal stubbornness and a feminist future.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
"Queer characters are often flat, one-sided and stereotypical," but the leads in "Heated Rivalry" are "complex," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Bighorn sheep are suitable to us and similar to mouflons in most respects except a crucial one: they lack the mouflon’s stereotypical behavior whereby some individuals behave submissively toward other individuals whose dominance they acknowledge.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing stereotypical
All American Boys
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This Week in Pop Culture: August 10–16, 2019
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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
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