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decompartmentalise

decompartmentalise is the alternative spelling of decompartmentalize.

Meaning of decompartmentalize

Verb

decompartmentalize (third-person singular simple present decompartmentalizes, present participle decompartmentalizing, simple past and past participle decompartmentalized)

  1. (transitive) To restore from a compartmentalized state; to merge back together from a set of categories.
    Synonyms:
    decategorize

Forms of decompartmentalise

third-person singular presentdecompartmentalises
present participledecompartmentalising
past participledecompartmentalised
pastdecompartmentalised

Origin of decompartmentalise

From de- + compartmentalise.

Questions about decompartmentalise

What is decompartmentalise the alternative spelling of?
Decompartmentalise is the alternative spelling of decompartmentalize.

Words near decompartmentalise in the dictionary

  1. decompactor
  2. decompactors
  3. decompacts
  4. decompartmentalisation
  5. decompartmentalisations
  6. decompartmentalise
  7. decompartmentalised
  8. decompartmentalises
  9. decompartmentalising
  10. decompartmentalization
  11. decompartmentalizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decompartmentalise (page history and authors); decompartmentalize (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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