Noun: categorization ,ka-tu-gu-ru'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,ka-tu-gu-rI'zey-shun [Brit]
- The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
"The biologist's categorization of species was based on genetic similarities";
- classification, categorisation [Brit], sorting
- The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
"The librarian's categorization of books made them easier to find";
- categorisation [Brit], classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation [Brit], assortment
- A group of people or things arranged by class or category
"The biologist created a categorization of local plant species";
- classification, categorisation [Brit]
Derived forms: categorizations
Type of: arrangement, basic cognitive process, grouping
Encyclopedia: Categorization