categorization
8
4.4
- noun
- /ˌkætəɡəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
categorización
- The categorization of animals into mammals, reptiles, and birds helps us understand their differences.
- racial categorization
- broad categorization
- explicit categorization
Though I really want to resist such categorisations, as you shall see today.
- Though I really want to resist such categorisations, as you shall see today.
- I would start becoming paranoid that the categorization is imperfect like that.
- But I don't agree with a lot of Blake Snyder's categorizations.
- There's obviously the danger of getting to the casual categorisation where it's just kind of all very easy.
- And so, you know, at, at the simplest level, you just have pixels in and categorization out.
- But these categorizations of ID and, and super ego may not map onto neurobiology in any particular way.
- So what is centering the category or you might say the operation of categories categorization, right.
- Now this is commonly been applied this more cold blooded tasks like naming and categorization.
Examples
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It does so via the processes of categorization and conceptualization.
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There may exist several alternative systems of categorization for the same domain, employing different criteria.
Academic text (1990) -
It's an assessment and not just a categorization of the results.
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This categorization by time or location causes certain deaths to fall outside of a battle.
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Another interesting and crucial aspect of this categorization is the speed with which it takes place.
Academic text (1993) -
Cultural studies is interested in what can be classified, not in what is beyond categorization.
Academic text (1999) -
The first researcher approached the task of categorization with this question in mind: "What major categories do I see here?"
Academic text (2011) -
The criteria used for this categorization are described in the online Technical Appendix.
Academic text (2013) -
The primary limitation of this study was the categorization of athletes into selected achievement goal orientation groups.
Academic text (2008) -
Importantly, none of these responses are wrong but rather highlight the multidimensional possibilities of categorization.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
43
3.4
A list that shows how something is divided into parts or groups
22
2.0
A way of arranging things into groups by shared features
20
2.5
Putting people and things together because they are similar or have the same purpose
19
3.7
The process of putting things into groups by shared features
6
4.1
A group of similar things close together
5
3.2
An action that puts things into groups by type
3
6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
1
8.0
Dividing something into separate parts to keep things organized
1
4.8
Putting items into groups that have the same features
How Systematic
- Specialized
9
6.7
- US
1
7.0
- Specialized
8
4.4
19
3.7
22
2.0
20
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
categorization = categorize (transparent) = categorize + ation
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ation' to the verb 'categorize', yielding a noun that denotes the act or process.
Etymology
Categorization comes from the word category, which means a 'group' or 'class'. Think of putting things into labelled boxes by what they have in common, and that's why categorization means the act of putting people, things, or ideas into groups.