Noun: compartmentalisation kum,paa(r)t,men-t(u)l-u'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,kóm,paa(r)t,men-t(u)l-I'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: compartmentalization)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: compartmentalization)
- The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
"The librarian's compartmentalisation of books made them easier to find";
- categorization, categorisation [Brit], classification, compartmentalization, assortment
- (psychology) a defence mechanism where thoughts, feelings, or memories are separated into isolated sections in the mind
"Her compartmentalisation allowed her to function at work despite personal trauma";
- compartmentalization
Derived forms: compartmentalisations
Type of: disassociation, dissociation, grouping
Encyclopedia: Compartmentalisation