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Stereotypical vs Traditional - What's the difference?

stereotypical | traditional |

As adjectives the difference between stereotypical and traditional

is that stereotypical is pertaining to a stereotype; conventional while traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

stereotypical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
  • banal, commonplace and because of overuse
  • I was disappointed by the ''stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.

    Derived terms

    * stereotypically

    traditional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
  • I think her traditional values are antiquated .
  • Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
  • In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
  • Antonyms

    * nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditional

    Derived terms

    * traditionally