Categorist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who categorizes.

    "Strictly speaking, Swedenborg’s revelation is a confounding of planes,—a capital offence in so learned a categorist."

  2. 2
    A mathematician who specializes in category theory.

    "The concept of path of arrows is what the categorist uses instead of the concept of word or string of symbols."

Synonyms

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categorizer

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"Strictly speaking, Swedenborg’s revelation is a confounding of planes,—a capital offence in so learned a categorist."

Etymology

From category + -ist.

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