categorization
nounUS /ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · UK /ˌkæt.ə.ɡər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From categorize + -ation.
1
A group of things arranged by category.
2
The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
- It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.2013 April 29, James Gleick, “Wikipedia's Women Problem”, in New York Review of Books:
- Derived terms
- autocategorization, decategorization, miscategorization, overcategorization, recategorization, subcategorization, supercategorization
- Related terms
- categorically, categorize, category, category theory