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typecast
[ tahyp-kast, -kahst ]
verb (used with object)
- to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
- to cast (a performer) repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor's previous successes.
- to stereotype:
He realizes now he's been typecast as an executive errand boy.
typecast
/ ˈٲɪˌɑː /
verb
- tr to cast (an actor) in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his physical appearance or previous success in such roles
Derived Forms
- ˈٲˌٱ, noun
Example Sentences
What does that look like for you, and how do you avoid being typecast?
His early roles in “Over the Edge,” “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish” may have played up his brooding nature, but don’t typecast him.
There’s stretches where he stayed so hectic that I wonder if he was still insecure about his longevity, his typecasting, his face.
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.
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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