to recategorize
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkætəɡəraɪz/
- US
- The library decided to recategorize old books into new genres for better organization.
But also when it hits people in a certain way, it something breaks in them and suddenly you're recategorized in their mind.
- But also when it hits people in a certain way, it something breaks in them and suddenly you're recategorized in their mind.
Examples
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Cognitivism recategorized "the mind" into distinct stages of mental activity and suggested that children's performance differences can be better explained by level of maturity and experience than by inherent ability.
Academic text (2002) -
To prevent invalid Chi-square tests, data were recategorized as needed.
Academic text (1997) -
Only now, somehow, the lie has become true because it's been recategorized as intelligence.
Fiction book (2001) -
But also when it hits people in a certain way, it something breaks in them and suddenly you're recategorized in their mind.
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Just wait until it's again recategorized 75 or 1000 years from now and people start crying, "But it's a dwarf planet!"
Blog text (30) -
This takes into account the role played by situational and individual factors, and suggests that individuals recategorize themselves in order to cope better during different phases of their unemployment.
Academic text (1995) -
Although the effort, so far, has been limited to recategorizing current work under a new name, perhaps the new definition will provide an opportunity for engaging in corrections reform and even reestablishing a social work presence in juvenile probation, although the proponents have yet to make such a proposition.
Academic text (2011) -
To improve user experience, the app will recategorize its features into more relevant sections.
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After the meeting, we will recategorize the feedback into themes to identify common concerns.
Synonyms
To put things or people into groups by what they have in common
To change the way something is arranged to make it work better
Put something into a different group when new information appears
Put something into a certain group or class
To give something a new name
To sort things again into new groups or order
Antonyms
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
recategorize = categorize (transparent) = re + category + ize
The meaning is a straightforward application of 're-' to 'categorize', meaning to categorize again or differently.
Etymology
Recategorize is made of re- meaning 'again' and category meaning 'a group or type'. So, to recategorize something is to put it into a different group or type than before.