noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The classification of disparate entities into narrow and often unfair categories. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a system for classifying things into groups wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pigeonhole form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

groupinganalysisarrangementcatalogingcategorizationclassification

Example

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"He's skilled at pigeonholing his political opponents' policies as "unamerican.""

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