What does "typecasting" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "typecasting"?

Common synonyms include: cast, type, type.

noun, verb

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Noun

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
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
present participle and gerund of typecast form-of, gerund, participle, present

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

By surface analysis, typecast + -ing.

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