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typecast

[ tahyp-kast, -kahst ]

verb (used with object)

Theater.
typecast, typecasting.
  1. to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
  2. to cast (a performer) repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor's previous successes.
  3. to stereotype:

    He realizes now he's been typecast as an executive errand boy.



typecast

/ ˈٲɪˌɑː /

verb

  1. tr to cast (an actor) in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his physical appearance or previous success in such roles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲˌٱ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of typecast1

First recorded in 1930–35; type + cast
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What does that look like for you, and how do you avoid being typecast?

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His early roles in “Over the Edge,” “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish” may have played up his brooding nature, but don’t typecast him.

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There’s stretches where he stayed so hectic that I wonder if he was still insecure about his longevity, his typecasting, his face.

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I haven’t named most of “The Traitors” third-season challengers because there are more than 20 of them, but the game’s psychology relies on typecasting on the part of players and viewers.

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Research shows through a process called “moral typecasting,” that it’s common for people to see so-called “villains” as people who cannot feel pain.

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