Timeline for English equivalent of מסגרת, used to describe a person who gets along in a routine with a rigid routine, responsibilities, etc
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| Aug 25, 2021 at 18:17 | comment | added | Nemo | I can see that the "to assign to a definite place in an orderly system" definition would do it but the references you give also give several examples where there is an implication of unfairness. Nobody likes unfairness. But the OP is referring to a structure which may be objectively perfectly fair but which doesn't suit him because of his particular character trait so I feel that "pigeon-hole" without further qualification would not give quite the flavour he is looking for. | |
| Aug 25, 2021 at 17:55 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Cambridge Dictionary gives an example showing the broadened association usually accompanying when a person is pigeonholed: << put somebody ... in a pigeonhole My boss put me in a pigeonhole, so I was never considered for work in other departments. >> 'I'm not a person who relishes being pigeon-holed.' And R H K Webster's goes beyond mere classification: << pigeonhole ... [vt]: 3. to assign to a definite place in an orderly system. >> | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 17:16 | comment | added | Nemo | I think pigeon-holed refers to classification - e.g. "I won't be pigeon-holed as an East Coast Liberal" not specifically (or mainly) to actual restrictions so I feel it is necessary to go further and give examples to get the full idea across. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 16:30 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd say pigeon-holed may be as close as it gets. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 15:57 | history | answered | Nemo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |