categorization
English Thesaurus
1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | grouping, |
| definition | : | the activity of putting things together in groups (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | indexing, |
| definition | : | the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reclassification, |
| definition | : | classifying something again (usually in a new category) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | relegation, |
| definition | : | the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | stratification, |
| definition | : | the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | taxonomy, |
| definition | : | practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | typology, |
| definition | : | classification according to general type (noun.act) |
2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | basic cognitive process, |
| definition | : | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | coordination, |
| definition | : | being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | appraisal, assessment, |
| definition | : | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ascription, attribution, |
| definition | : | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | subsumption, |
| definition | : | incorporating something under a more general category (noun.cognition) |
3. a group of people or things arranged by class or category (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | arrangement, |
| definition | : | an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dichotomy, duality, |
| definition | : | being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | trichotomy, |
| definition | : | being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses (noun.group) |
4. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
5. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
6. a group of people or things arranged by class or category (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
7. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
8. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
9. a group of people or things arranged by class or category (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
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