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cat·e·go·riza·tion

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  1. classification, categorization, categorisationnoun

    a group of people or things arranged by class or category

    Synonyms:
    compartmentalization, assortment, compartmentalisation, classification, sorting, categorisation

  2. classification, categorization, categorisation, sortingnoun

    the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

    Synonyms:
    classification, categorisation, compartmentalisation, sorting, sort, assortment, compartmentalization

  3. categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortmentnoun

    the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

    Synonyms:
    smorgasbord, salmagundi, mixed bag, classification, categorisation, compartmentalisation, motley, sorting, miscellanea, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixture, compartmentalization

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  1. Eric Goldstein:

    They were a group that defied easy categorization, and they tended to challenge – and in some cases, upend – the easy definition of American society into the categories of Black and White.


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