typecasting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of typecast

plural typecastings

1. countableuncountableThe process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype.

   Similar in consequence to the ethnological typecastings, these ideologically driven political readings produce a lumping effect.

   2011, Emma LaRocque, When the Other is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990, page 142

2. countableuncountableThe act of typing out messages with a typewriter and posting images of them online.

   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.

   2015 November 30, Rebecca Rego Barry, “Typists of the world, unite! A new book looks inside the 'typosphere'”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023

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   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.

   2011 March 31, Jessica Bruder, “The Digital Generation Rediscovers the Magic of Manual Typewriters”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024

   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.

   2011 May 1, Pronoti Datta, “Keys to the past”, in The Times of India, Mumbai: The Times Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023