categorization
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (mainly British) categorisation
Etymology
[edit]From categorize -ation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæt.ə.ɡər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Noun
[edit]categorization (countable and uncountable, plural categorizations)
- A group of things arranged by category; a classification.
- The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
- 2013 April 29, James Gleick, “Wikipedia's Women Problem”, in New York Review of Books:
- It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes
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