typecasting

The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype.

Noun

  1. The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype.
    • Similar in consequence to the ethnological typecastings, these ideologically driven political readings produce a lumping effect. - 2011, Emma LaRocque, When the Other is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990, page...
  2. The act of typing out messages with a typewriter and posting images of them online.
    • Matt Cidoni, 16, of East Brunswick, N.J., keeps a picture of his favorite machine, a Royal No. 10, on his iPod Touch so he can show it off to friends. Online, he is a proud member of the "typosphere," a global community...
    • Owning vintage typewriters, attending 'type-ins'—congregations of enthusiasts who have typing competitions with one another—and 'typecasting' (typing posts, scanning them and uploading them on to websites) are some of...
    • Having collected typewriters for more than 20 years, Polt decided to join the "typosphere" and start "typecasting". Simply put, he uses a typewriter to capture his thoughts, then scans the page and uploads it to his...

Origin

By surface analysis, typecast + -ing.

Forms

typecastings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of typecast