categorization
UK/ˌkæt.ə.ɡə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkæt.ə.ɡə.ɹəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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categorization noun: a group of things arranged by category.
Noun
categorization (countable and uncountable, plural categorizations)
- A group of things arranged by category.
- Synonyms:
- classification
- 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
- Synonyms:
- classification, typing
categorization meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
categorization in Tamil
- பகுப்பு
categorization in Bengali
- শ্রেণিবিন্যাস
categorization in Malayalam
- process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes
- വർഗ്ഗീകരണം vaṟggīkaraṇaṁ
categorization in Kannada
- ವರ್ಗೀಕರಣ
Examples of categorization in a sentence
- Louis's Nelly or Long Beach's Domino toed the line between rapper and singer, defying easy categorization.
- But that’s Dyson: as resistant to categorization as the universe his colleagues are trying to mathematicize.
- Foucault recognizes that different forms of categorization are based on different forms of kindhood.
Synonyms of categorization
Forms of categorization
| plural | categorizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | categorisation |
Origin of categorization
From categorize + -ation.
Words formed from categorization
Questions about categorization
- What does categorization mean?
- Categorization means a group of things arranged by category.
- What is categorization in Tamil?
- Categorization in Tamil is பகுப்பு. See Categorization meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is categorization?
- Categorization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce categorization?
- Categorization is pronounced /ˌkæt.ə.ɡə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of categorization?
- The plural of categorization is categorizations.
Words near categorization in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: categorization (page history and authors); categorization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); categorization (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); categorization (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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