Stereotypic

KARTZINEL: From a parent's point of view, autism is the sudden loss or deteriorating loss of eye contact, social skills, communicative skills, they become very repetitive in their play, they become what we call stereotypic, or common word is stimming, where they'll flap. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Repeated, purposeless motions-what zoo professionals call "stereotypic behavior"-is a pretty clear sign of a troubled animal. ❋ Brian Palmer (2011)

It is called stereotypic behavior and it is, unfortunately, common among polar bears and other species in captivity. ❋ MATT CAMPBELL/The Kansas City Star (2010)

Frustrated by this extreme confinement, sows engaged in "stereotypic" behaviors, which indicate poor welfare, like bar biting and head swaying. ❋ David Kirby (2010)

Let's see, we have the sorority girls, the party people, the earthy/manifestation gurus, the jocks, the intellects, the preps, and the list continues and can become speckled with stereotypic titles that can follow you for the duration of your stay, if you're lucky to be allowed to stay. ❋ Tracey D. Smith (2010)

Timothy Fortune isn't your stereotypic fictional missionary, all dead dogma and dammed-up desire, but a genuinely good man for whom the discovery of love and the discovery of his utter aloneness come with a shock any of us can share. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It's inappropriate, it's stereotypic, it engages in the worst types of stereotypes about Jews," Foxman told CNN. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To take just one example, California State University - Chico bans, as sexual harassment, "explicit use of ... stereotypic generalizations" and even "reinforcement of sexist stereotypes through subtle, often unintentional means." ❋ Adam Kissel (2011)

Whereas the body art was colorful, brash, obnoxious, stereotypic, cheap, permanent, and similar to the mark of a branding iron; inevitably you have become a slave to your poor choices. ❋ Tracey D. Smith (2010)

Though I have to admit, Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock put me in stitches when they do their stereotypic white guy voices. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Being an arab and a muslim, I have seen the way everyone looks at people like me get worse and worse every single day for the past 8 years .. with too many people simply adopting the typical stereotypic “terrorist” image. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But they are harmful nonetheless, because they perpetuate stereotypic views of women's preferences and abilities. ❋ Ph.D. Heidi Grant Halvorson (2011)