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 |