pigeonhole
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl/
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categoría
- The new administrative class that developed as a result of the growing bureaucratization of industrial life did not fit into the traditional pigeonhole of the American dream.
Examples
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The value-added model recognizes that different approaches add value but risks placing individuals in pigeonholes.
Academic text (2006) -
The irony is there is no pigeonhole for the exception.
Academic text (2000) -
This is what's known as the pigeonhole principle.
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The thing I perceive with NOW is they have a pigeonhole view of the whole picture.
Blog text (22) -
Think of each name as a conceptual box or pigeonhole.
Fiction book (1991) -
Some people love categories and pigeonholes.
Blog text (9) -
The assignment of pigeonholes is fine for catharsis and office parties, but is otherwise destructive.
Academic text (1995) -
There are many excellent small digital publishers who don't have pigeonholes for what they will and won't publish.
Blog text (31) -
It's limiting to categorize a talented individual into a pigeonhole based on a single trait.
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Many artists prefer not to be placed in a pigeonhole, as it restricts their creative expression.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A number of people or things seen as one unit
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2.7
A group of things or people that have the same features
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3.7
A group of things that share the same features
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2.7
People or things that form one unit
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3.7
A smaller, more specific group within a larger category
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3.9
A smaller group inside a larger group that shares certain features
Antonyms
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pigeonhole for a category comes from the picture of those tiny bird boxes: to put someone in a pigeonhole is to force them into one small, simple class, which shows why the word means a narrow or limiting category.