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overcategorisation

overcategorisation is the alternative spelling of overcategorization.

Meaning of overcategorization

Noun

overcategorization (usually uncountable, plural overcategorizations)

  1. (usually) The act, process, or result of overcategorizing.

Questions about overcategorisation

What is overcategorisation the alternative spelling of?
Overcategorisation is the alternative spelling of overcategorization.

Words near overcategorisation in the dictionary

  1. overcasually
  2. overcatch
  3. overcatches
  4. overcatching
  5. overcategories
  6. overcategorisation
  7. overcategorise
  8. overcategorised
  9. overcategorises
  10. overcategorising
  11. overcategorization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcategorisation (page history and authors); overcategorization (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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