stereotypical

From stereotype +‎ -ical.

• enPR: stĕr′ē-ə-tĭp′ĭ-kəl, stîr′-^[1]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/; /ˌstɪə̯-/, /ˌstɪː-/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/; /ˌstɪɹ-/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/; /ˌstɪə̯-/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtəp.ə.kəl/; /ˌsti(ː)ə̯-/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/; /ˌstiɹ-/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌsʈɛɾ.iː.oˈʈɪp.ɪ.kal/; /ˌsʈɪjə̯ʳ-/, /ˌsʈiːɾ-/
• Rhymes: -ɪpɪkəl
• Hyphenation: ster‧e‧o‧typ‧i‧cal

stereotypical (comparative more stereotypical, superlative most stereotypical)

2. Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
   • 2007, James Burr, Ugly Stories for Beautiful People, page 45:

     There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.

   • 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.

4. Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse.

   I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.

6. Relating to stereotypy.
   • 2005, Lloyd J. Brown, Lee Todd Miller, Pediatrics, page 383:

     Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.

• prototypical

• “stereotypical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.