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Typecasting

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype. countable, uncountable

    "Similar in consequence to the ethnological typecastings, these ideologically driven political readings produce a lumping effect."

  2. 2
    The act of typing out messages with a typewriter and posting images of them online. countable, uncountable

    "Matt Cidoni, 16, of East Brunswick, N.J., keeps a picture of his favorite machine, a Royal No. 10, on his iPod Touch so he can show it off to friends. Online, he is a proud member of the "typosphere," a global community of typewriter geeks. Like many of them, he enjoys "typecasting," or tapping out typewritten messages, which he scans and posts to his Web site, Adventures in Typewriterdom."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of typecast form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, typecast + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, typecast + -ing.

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