subcategory
nounEtymology From sub- + category.
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With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
- The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened.2005 August 8, Leslie Feinberg, “1952 court victory against anti-gay charges”, in Workers World:
- I have categories within subcategories because I get so many submissions about poop and potty training.2013 April 2, CNN Living Staff, “Beware the parental overshare”, in CNN:
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- On the other hand, the label of “feminist” is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix – an algorithmic signpost – than a meaningful description of art.2024 March 13, Beatrice Loazya, “Is Poor Things a feminist film? Is Barbie? These have become meaningless questions”, in The Guardian:
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Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.
- Hypernyms
- category