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Definition: Stereotypical |
StereotypicalAdjective1. Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: StereotypicalSynonyms: stereotyped (adj), stereotypic (adj), unimaginative (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stereotypical |
| Specialty definitions using "stereotypical": Lipstick Lesbian. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cartoon depicting stereotypical sailor ashore from a magazine. In: "Scrap Book Hydrographic Inspector's Office", 1881. Call Number QB 281.2 .S37 1881. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | Lap steel guitar glissando chords creating a stereotypical Hawaiian sound. | | A stereotypical Hawaiian excerpt circa 1960's. |
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| "Stereotypical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.32% of the time. "Stereotypical" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.32% | 117 | 29,823 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.68% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 119 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stereotypical | 6 |
behavior stereotypical | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stereotypical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stereotipik (stereotype). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقولب, قولبي, تصفيحي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шаблонен (conventional, hackneyed, mundane, routine, stereotyped, stock), изтъркан (bare, hack, hackneyed, napless, old hat, outworn, platitudinous, played out, raunchy, shabby, stale, threadbare, time worn, trite, twice-told, warmed-over, well worn, worn out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 定形 (stereotypic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stéréotypé (stereotyped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stereotypisch (stereotyped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שבלו י (banal, hackneyed, trite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sablonos (conventional, groovy, stereotyped, trite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 진부한 (Musty, stereotypic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ereotypicalstay стереотипный (formulaic, stereotype, stereotyped). (various references) stereotipski. (various references) beylik (conventional, hackneyed, seigniory, stereotyped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stereotypical": stereotypically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stereotypical" (pronounced ste'rēōti"pikul or ste'rēuti"pikul) |
| 7 | -t i" p i k u l | atypical, prototypical, untypical. |
| 5 | -p i k u l | semitropical, topical, tropical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, toxicological, tricycle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
| 8 | -u t i" p i k u l | prototypical. |
| 7 | -t i" p i k u l | atypical, untypical. |
| 5 | -p i k u l | semitropical, topical, tropical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, toxicological, tricycle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-o-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: stereotypic. | |
-3 letters: crepitates, epistolary, lectotypes, percolates, periosteal, replicates. | |
-4 letters: aerolites, astrocyte, calotypes, calypters, caprioles, cartelise, catteries, cerotypes, corelates, crepitate, cryolites, epicotyls, epistoler, esoterica, etiolates, laterites, lectotype, lipocytes, literates, loricates, lotteries, operatics, operettas, paltriest, particles, pearliest, pearlites, pectorals, percolate, periostea, peristyle, petiolate, piscatory, pistoleer, poetaster, polyester, portliest, posterity, posttrial, potteries, praelects, precisely, precoital, prelacies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-o-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: stereotypically. | |
+5 letters: polyesterification. | |
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