Meaning & use
Identikit
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A picture of a person, especially a criminal suspect, built up from a description using a set of standard facial features; also used as an adjective for something generic or interchangeable.
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Police released an identikit of the suspect based on witness descriptions.
The new suburb was full of identikit houses, each nearly indistinguishable from the next.
A note on using this word
Identikit began as a trademarked product name in the 1950s before becoming a generic term, especially in British English, for anything mass-produced and uniform.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Made up of standard, interchangeable elements; stereotypically uniform.
The chain restaurant had that identikit look found in every shopping mall.
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