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PIGEONHOLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pigeonholing mean? 

PIGEONHOLING (noun)
  The noun PIGEONHOLING has 1 sense:

1. a system for classifying things into groupsplay

  Familiarity information: PIGEONHOLING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIGEONHOLING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for classifying things into groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

grouping; pigeonholing

Hypernyms ("pigeonholing" is a kind of...):

classification system (a system for classifying things)

Derivation:

pigeonhole (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)


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