单词 | pigeonholing |
释义 | pigeonholingn. The action of pigeonhole v. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] > act of locating precisely pigeonholing1878 pinpointing1920 1878 N. Amer. Rev. July 66 Mr Davis..jumps the charge of ‘pigeon-holing’ with an acrobat's dexterity. 1904 G. Meredith in Daily Chron. 5 July 3/2 Most women have a special talent for pigeon-holing. 1938 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 2 June 3/2 The pigeonholing of the Truman amendment..does not mean a spectacular wave of railroad bankruptcies. 2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 16 He further accuses the SDLP of prejudice, of the pigeon-holing of others into fixed identities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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