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overcategorization

overcategorization noun: the act, process, or result of overcategorizing.

Noun

overcategorization (usually uncountable, plural overcategorizations)

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

overcategorization meaning in Tamil

overcategorization in Tamil

மீமிகைப் பகுப்புறுத்தம்

Forms of overcategorization

pluralovercategorizations
alternative formovercategorisation

Origin of overcategorization

From over- + categorization.

Questions about overcategorization

What does overcategorization mean?
Overcategorization means the act, process, or result of overcategorizing.
What is overcategorization in Tamil?
Overcategorization in Tamil is மீமிகைப் பகுப்புறுத்தம். See Overcategorization meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overcategorization?
Overcategorization is a noun.
What is the plural of overcategorization?
The plural of overcategorization is overcategorizations.

Words near overcategorization in the dictionary

  1. overcategorisation
  2. overcategorise
  3. overcategorised
  4. overcategorises
  5. overcategorising
  6. overcategorization
  7. overcategorizations
  8. overcategorize
  9. overcategorized
  10. overcategorizes
  11. overcategorizing

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