typecasting

NOUN

classification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocation allotment analysis arrangement coordination designation distribution grade regulation

STRONG

apportionment assignment assortment codification collocation consignment denomination department disposal disposition division echelon gradation grading graduation group grouping kind order ordering ordination organization pigeonholing sizing sorting systematization taxonomy

WEAK

alloting cataloguing categorizing distributing tabulating

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization keeping retention

Example Sentences

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The other three stars of that show fought hard against that trope and typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

In Bruce Graham’s “Funnyman,” at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2015, he played a comic cast in a serious play, breaking out of typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

It's a bit of typecasting that stems partly from reality.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023

The typecasting as wallflowers and frumps confused her.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

But it was different in the 1970s and '80s, when it was tough to get beyond the typecasting.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

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