typecasting
/tˈaɪpkˌæstɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of typing out messages with a typewriter and posting images of them online.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Similar in consequence to the ethnological typecastings, these ideologically driven political readings produce a lumping effect."
- "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 of typewriter geeks. Like many of them, he enjoys "typecasting," or tapping out typewritten messages, which he scans and posts to his Web site, Adventures in Typewriterdom."
- "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 the activities of a new geeky species."
- "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 blog."