Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Appearing to be mass-produced; identical in appearance.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
cookie cutters . - adjective idiomatic , (often disparaging) Looking or seeming
identical ; created by somestandard orcommon means; often with the implication that the result is common,boring , or notapplicable to all needs.
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- adjective having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)
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Examples
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Not saying it's right -- although I'm of the mind that stereotypes exist for a reason; not everyone in a particular group will live up to a cookie-cutter image but apparently enough people have to create that stereotype in the first place -- but once again, it's her view and hers alone.
Chez Pazienza: The Big Mouths of Alexandra Wallace and Gilbert Gottfried Chez Pazienza 2011
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Not saying it's right -- although I'm of the mind that stereotypes exist for a reason; not everyone in a particular group will live up to a cookie-cutter image but apparently enough people have to create that stereotype in the first place -- but once again, it's her view and hers alone.
Chez Pazienza: The Big Mouths of Alexandra Wallace and Gilbert Gottfried Chez Pazienza 2011
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I know an assumption exists in certain quarters that writing programs do damage, mostly by causing a so-called cookie-cutter effect, everyone sounding the same.
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Not saying it's right -- although I'm of the mind that stereotypes exist for a reason; not everyone in a particular group will live up to a cookie-cutter image but apparently enough people have to create that stereotype in the first place -- but once again, it's her view and hers alone.
Chez Pazienza: The Big Mouths of Alexandra Wallace and Gilbert Gottfried Chez Pazienza 2011
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If a cookie-cutter effect ever develops, it will come from people keeping to the manuals and how-to books.
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I know an assumption exists in certain quarters that writing programs do damage, mostly by causing a so-called cookie-cutter effect, everyone sounding the same.
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During my formal Stull meeting with the principal, he kept mentioning "standards-based instruction" and because I wasn't following the District's blue print, cookie-cutter pacing guide he called it a curriculum; I disagree, I wasn't covering what needed to be covered.
Aparna Vashisht: Standardized Testing and Its Power Aparna Vashisht 2011
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During my formal Stull meeting with the principal, he kept mentioning "standards-based instruction" and because I wasn't following the District's blue print, cookie-cutter pacing guide he called it a curriculum; I disagree, I wasn't covering what needed to be covered.
Aparna Vashisht: Standardized Testing and Its Power Aparna Vashisht 2011
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If a cookie-cutter effect ever develops, it will come from people keeping to the manuals and how-to books.
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Not saying it's right -- although I'm of the mind that stereotypes exist for a reason; not everyone in a particular group will live up to a cookie-cutter image but apparently enough people have to create that stereotype in the first place -- but once again, it's her view and hers alone.
Chez Pazienza: The Big Mouths of Alexandra Wallace and Gilbert Gottfried Chez Pazienza 2011
kalidas commented on the word cookie-cutter
definition: marked by lack of originality or distinction
January 1, 2007