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typecast

 verb
     
type‧cast past tense and past participle typecast [transitive]
1 to always give an actor the same type of character to play:
He always gets typecast as the villain.
2 to give someone a particular type of job, activity etc to do, because you think it suits their character
—typecasting noun [uncountable]
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