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Categorization

//ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of things arranged by category. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes. countable, uncountable

    "It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did."

  4. 4
    the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories wordnet
  5. 5
    a group of people or things arranged by class or category wordnet

Etymology

From categorize + -ation.

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