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The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
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categorization
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Categorization is the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood. Categorization implies that objects are grouped into categories, usually for some specific purpose. Ideally, a category illuminates a relationship between ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, noun of action from categorize . Perhaps influenced by French catégorisation (1845).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A group of things arranged by category; a classification. 2 The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a group of people or things arranged by class or category [syn: classification , categorisation ] the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: classification , categorisation , sorting ] the act of distributing things into ...
Usage examples of categorization.
I do not doubt that basic sensorimotor cognition and the early mental categorization process has many of the features outlined by the enactive paradigm.
Kroft may have been trying to pay us a compliment, but his categorization of our marriage was so off target that Bill was incredulous.
I am working on developing some orderly categorizations for the infant science of phrenology.