categorization

UK /ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

A group of things arranged by category.

The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.

It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.

Collocations

ADJ.

easy, philosophical

VERB + CATEGORIZATION

defies

CATEGORIZATION + NOUN

aristotle

PREP.

than

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of distributing things into classes or categories of

categorisation
classification
compartmentalization
compartmentalisation
assortment

noun — the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or cat

classification
categorisation
sorting

noun — a group of people or things arranged by class or category

classification
categorisation

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.

Wiktionary

Judaism defies easy categorization.

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