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stereotypically

stereotypically

6 6.0
In a way that follows a simple, often wrong idea about a group of people
  • adverb
  • /ˌstɛrɪəˈtɪpɪkli/
translation icon : estereotípicamente
  • My childhood image of God was stereotypically masculine: he was controlling, hierarchical, jealous, and vengeful.
  • stereotypically masculine
  • stereotypically feminine
  • stereotypically male

You're promoting the old age vibe of women being stereotypically housewives.

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Examples

  • Feminist writers call for activity and language in the classroom that demote stereotypically male notions of science and present multiple perspectives.

    Academic text (2004)
  • However, their duties would be limited to stereotypically feminine jobs.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I could dress her in boys clothes and take her to football games and, you know, do whatever parents stereotypically do with boys.

  • I, personally, am probably one of the least stereotypically feminine women I know.

    Blog text (2)
  • And it's not a stereotypically fall color story, but it doesn't look out of place for fall.

  • Very introspective and trying to reflect on yourself, which in itself is a stereotypically feminine thing to do.

  • First, I'm a guy, and we stereotypically don't like needing others to help us.

    Blog text (18)
  • As a result of normal cognitive processes, individuals may be stereotypically classified as members of identifiable social groups.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Additionally, students now disagreed with "Flag football is a stereotypically male sport" (Statement 1).

    Academic text (2008)
  • In many movies, the characters are represented stereotypically as either the hero or the villain.

Synonyms

typically
vsstereotypically
426 2.2

In the usual way for a person, thing, or group

expresses things in an oversimplified and biased way instead of neutral description

Antonyms

75 4.5

In a way that is the only one like it

How Stereotypical

stereotypically
6 6.0
typically
426 2.2

Surface Forms

stereotypically positive

Morphology

stereotypically = stereotypical (semi-transparent) = stereotype + ical + ly

The adverb is a regular '-ly' formation from 'stereotypical', so the manner meaning is directly recoverable from the base adjective.

Etymology

Stereotypically comes from stereotype, a word used in printing for a solid plate that made the same image again and again, from Greek stereos 'solid' and typos 'mark' and related to English type. So to act stereotypically is to behave in a fixed, repeated, or overly simple way.