stereotypic

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One poem contains a note on Spanish verb conjugation, another features an explanation of stereotypic behavior in captive animals, a third includes a pocket history of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

“We could practice adding friction to our own lives,” Eberhardt says, “by interrogating ourselves and slowing ourselves down … just being aware when we’re beginning to make stereotypic associations.”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 26, 2020

What the diagnostic manual portrays as stereotyped or repetitive behaviors, restricted interests and sensory sensitivities, Sukhareva explained as “talking in stereotypic ways,” with “strong interests pursued exclusively” and sensitivities to specific noises or smells.

From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2018

“People have women in their families, so changing stereotypic gender roles is more disruptive than for other biases,” Fiske told me.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2018

Brehgert, whose physical description above is stereotypic, is one of the few characters in The Way We Live Now whose actions are completely honorable.

From Nina Balatka by Trollope, Anthony