stereotyped

Definitions

Characterized by a fixed, oversimplified, and conventional image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Repeated or performed in a mechanical, predictable, or unoriginal manner.

Examples

The characters in the film were heavily stereotyped, lacking any real depth or complexity.

He felt frustrated that his profession was often stereotyped by those who did not understand the work involved.

It is important to challenge the ways in which different cultures are stereotyped in the media.

Synonyms

conventional formulaic hackneyed trite predictable standardized banal

Antonyms

original unique innovative unconventional creative fresh novel