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pigeonholing

pigeonholing noun: the classification of disparate entities into narrow and often unfair categories. Also the present participle and gerund of pigeonhole.

Noun

pigeonholing (countable and uncountable, plural pigeonholings)

  1. The classification of disparate entities into narrow and often unfair categories.

Also used as

pigeonholing is also the present participle and gerund of pigeonhole.

Forms of pigeonholing

pluralpigeonholings

Questions about pigeonholing

What does pigeonholing mean?
Pigeonholing means the classification of disparate entities into narrow and often unfair categories.
What part of speech is pigeonholing?
Pigeonholing is a noun.
What is the plural of pigeonholing?
The plural of pigeonholing is pigeonholings.

Words near pigeonholing in the dictionary

  1. pigeonholeable
  2. pigeonholed
  3. pigeonholer
  4. pigeonholers
  5. pigeonholes
  6. pigeonholing
  7. pigeonholings
  8. pigeonhouse
  9. pigeonhouses
  10. pigeoning
  11. pigeonite

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