identikit

plural identikits

1. criminologyA picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.

   Synonyms: police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite, photofit

1. UKderogatoryinformalnot comparableIndistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.

   These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations.

   2006, J. Christopher Holloway, Neil Taylor, The business of tourism, page 211

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   These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.

   2010, Christine White, Directors and Designers, page 172

   She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.

   2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 363

   Bellingham is the identikit modern midfield player and the manner in which he combined with Foden for England's second goal, completed by a rousing finish from Kane, was a glimpse into a golden future.

   2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport

   The Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux […] mixes international brands, uniquely French names and small independents in a soft-stone 18th-century backdrop that draws both local residents and visiting tourists—no one wants an identikit high street you can find back home.

   2025 August 2, Cathy Hawker, “How bougie is your high street?”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

   Synonyms: cookie-cutter