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stereotypical, a.|stɛriːəʊ-, stɪəriːəʊˈtɪpɪkəl| [f. stereotype n. + -ical.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a stereotype (sense 3 b). Also spec. in Psychol., designating behaviour which is repeated without variation irrespective of the particular circumstances. Cf. stereotypic a.
1949Commentary July 41/2 The stereotypical Negro, the unstinting giver. 1950T. Wiesengrund-Adorno et al. Authoritarian Personality iv. xix. 747 Only by identifying stereotypical traits in modern humans..can the pernicious tendency towards all-pervasive classification..be challenged. 1957P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. v. 50 Co-operation on a ground of stereotypical distrust is not the same as co-operation on a ground of confidence. 1968S. Stuckey in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 439 Small wonder we have been saddled with so many stereotypical treatments of slave thought and behavior. 1975Nature 25 Dec. 750/1 Furthermore, a similar class of stereotypical behaviour is elicited by the DA agonist apomorphine. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 29 May 602/1 It boasts some fine performances and some stereotypical Allen dialogue. |