pigeonholing
verb
- 1
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
“Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek.”
- 2
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
noun
- 1
The classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason
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