Typecast
verb (used with object), typecast, typecasting. Theater.
1.
to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
2.
to cast (a performer) repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor’s previous successes.
3.
to stereotype:
He realizes now he’s been typecast as an executive errand boy.
verb (used with or without object), type-cast, type-casting.
1.
to cast (type).
adjective
2.
(of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
verb -casts, -casting, -cast
1.
(transitive) to cast (an actor) in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his physical appearance or previous success in such roles
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