categorization (n.)

  1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

    [ Syn: classification , categorisation ]

  2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

    [ Syn: classification , categorisation , sorting ]

  3. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

    [ Syn: categorisation , classification , compartmentalization , compartmentalisation , assortment ]

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