categorization

categorization
noun
1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category
• Derivationally related forms: ↑categorize, ↑classify (for: ↑classification)
• Hypernyms: ↑arrangement
• Hyponyms: ↑dichotomy, ↑duality, ↑trichotomy
2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
• Derivationally related forms: ↑categorize, ↑classify (for: ↑classification)
• Hypernyms: ↑basic cognitive process
• Hyponyms:
3. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assort (for: ↑assortment), ↑compartmentalise (for: ↑compartmentalisation), ↑compartmentalize (for: ↑compartmentalization), ↑classify (for: ↑classification), ↑categorize
• Hypernyms: ↑grouping

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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