"stock character" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stock characters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stock character (plural stock characters)
  1. (writing, theater, film) Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable. Wikipedia link: stock character Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Film genres, People, Stock characters, Theater, Writing Synonyms: staple character Translations (fictional character based on a recognizable stereotype): ամպլուա (amplua) (Armenian), амплуа́ (ampluá) [neuter] (Belarusian), 固定角色 (gu³ ding⁶ gok³ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 模式化人物 (alt: mou⁴ sik¹ faa³ jan⁴ mat⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 定型角色 (ding⁶ jing⁴ gok³ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 定型角色 (dìngxíng jiǎosè) (Chinese Mandarin), rolfako (Esperanto), perushahmo (Finnish), personnage type [masculine] (French), Typus [masculine] (German), szereplőtípus (Hungarian), personaggio tipo [masculine] (Italian), tipo [masculine] (Italian), ストックキャラクター (sutokku kyarakutā) (Japanese), 정형적 인물 (jeonghyeongjeok inmul) (Korean), amplua [masculine] (Lithuanian), stereotypowa postać fikcyjna [feminine] (Polish), personagem modelo [masculine] (Portuguese), arquétipo de personagem [masculine] (Portuguese), tipo de personagem [masculine] (Portuguese), tipo [masculine] (Portuguese), амплуа́ (ampluá) [neuter] (Russian), ти̑пскӣ ли̑к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tȋpskī lȋk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), personaje tipo [masculine] (Spanish), tip (Turkish), tip karakter (Turkish), амплуа́ (ampluá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amplua (Uzbek)

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      "word": "tip karakter"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ampluá",
      "sense": "fictional character based on a recognizable stereotype",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "амплуа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fictional character based on a recognizable stereotype",
      "word": "amplua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stock character"
}

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