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Pigeonholing
verb
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
verb
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
"Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek."
2.
verb
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
3.
noun
The classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason
Synonyms
glove box
mothball
shelve
table
grouping
category mistake
misclassification
miscompartmentalization
miscategorisation
category-mistake
miscategorization
mislabeling
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