adjective
Relating to a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
‘he fits the stereotypical masculine image of toughness’
- ‘a stereotypical villain’
- ‘Even the ineffectual father seems genuine—not the stereotypical buffoon.’
- ‘Scholars have identified a number of persisting stereotypical representations of disability.’
- ‘He lives in stereotypical, small-town scenic Montana mountains.’
- ‘They have created an image that does not follow stereotypical renderings of power.’