compartmentalization
1. [ noun ] the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Synonyms: classification categorisation assortment compartmentalisation categorization
Related terms: grouping stratification indexing reclassification taxonomy relegation typology classify categorize classify
2. [ noun ] (psychiatry) a mild state of dissociation
Synonyms: compartmentalisation
Related terms: dissociation compartmentalize
Similar spelling:   compartmentalisation
  compartmentalized
  compartmentalised
  compartment_pressure