An aspiring thespian and student of Aristotle named Theophrastus devised a list of archetypal and stock-characters. While it may not be predictive of every aspect of human nature—as their ought to be as well a generic Misogynist, the Fan-Boy and the Xenophobe—and alternately, many positive qualities that probably are not very exciting are absent, it seems to be pretty complete, same-otherwise, and you could certainly apply the same template to a lot of modern means of expression, though the Greek makes the caricatures sound especially harsh:
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| The Insincere One (Eironeia, irony) |
The Flatterer (Kolakeia, the shit-sayer) |
The Garrulous One (Adoleschia, the Sophomoric One) |
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| The Boor (Agroikia, the Skeptic) |
The Complacent One (Areskeia, the Inactive One) |
The One without Moral Feeling (Aponoia, the Psychopath) |
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| The Talkative One (Lalia, Chatty-Cathy) |
The Fabricator (Logopoiia, the Wordsmith) |
The Shamelessly Greedy One (Anaischuntia, shunning society) |
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| The Pennypincher (Mikrologia, Scrooge) |
The Offensive One (Bdeluria, who sides towards delusion) |
The Hapless One (Akairia, the Unlucky One) |
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| The Officious Man (Periergia, just like a Boss) |
The Absent-Minded One (Anaisthesia, the Selective One) |
The Unsociable One (Authadeia, the Loner) |
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| The Superstitious One (Deisidaimonia, the staunch conventionalist) |
The Faultfinder (Mempsimoiria, the vulnernable one with something to prove) |
The Suspicious One (Apistia, the conspiracy theorist) |
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| The Repulsive One (Duschereia, poor hygiene) |
The Unpleasant One (Aedia, the jaded, the scapegoat) |
The One with Petty Ambition (Mikrophilotimia, the vain) |
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| The Stingy One (Aneleutheria, the ungrateful child) |
The Show-Off (Alazoneia, the dare-devil) |
The Arrogant One (Huperephania, the by-stander) |
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| The Coward (Deilia, the nostalgic soul) |
The Oligarchical One (Oligarchia, the Untouchable) |
The Late Learner (Opsimathia) |
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| The Slanderer (Kakologia) |
The Lover of Bad Company (Philoponeria) |
The Basely Covetous Man (Aischrokerdeia) |
