PIGEONHOLING

grouping, pigeonholing

(noun) a system for classifying things into groups

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pigeonholing

present participle of pigeonhole

Noun

pigeonholing (plural pigeonholings)

the classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason

Source: Wiktionary


PIGEONHOLE

Pi"geon*hole`, n.

Definition: A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke.

Pi"geon*hole`, v. t.

Definition: To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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