categorization

English

Alternative forms

• (mainly British) categorisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.?

Proto-Hellenic *kətá

Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)

Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂

Proto-Hellenic *agorā́

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́)

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)

Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)

Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō)

Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor.

Late Latin catēgoriader.

Middle French categorie

French catégoriebor.

Middle English

English category

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English categorize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English categorization

From categorize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæt.ə.ɡə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

  • Audio (MLE):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkæt.ə.ɡə.ɹəˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkæɾ.ə.ɡə.ɹəˈzeɪ.ʃən]

  • Audio (Chicago); [ˌkæɾ.ə.ɡɚ.ɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]:

    (file)

Noun

categorization (countable and uncountable, plural categorizations)

1. A group of things arranged by category.

   Synonym: classification

2. The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.

   Synonyms: classification, typing

   • 2013 April 29, James Gleick, “Wikipedia's Women Problem”, in New York Review of Books:

     It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.

Derived terms

• autocategorization
• decategorization
• miscategorization
• overcategorization
• recategorization
• subcategorization
• supercategorization

Related terms

• categorically
• categorize
• category
• category theory

Translations

group of things arranged by category

Chinese:  Mandarin: 分類 / 分类 (zh) (fēnlèi), 歸類 / 归类 (zh) (guīlèi)  Finnish: luokitus (fi)  French: please add this translation if you can Polish: kategoryzacja (pl) f

process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes

Azerbaijani: kateqoriyalaşdırma Basque: kategorizazio Catalan: categorització f Chinese: Mandarin: 分類 / 分类 (zh) (fēnlèi), 歸類 / 归类 (zh) (guīlèi) Czech: kategorizace f, třídění (cs) n, klasifikace (cs) f Dutch: categoriseren (nl) n Finnish: luokittelu (fi) French: catégorisation (fr) f Galician: categorización f German: Kategorisierung (de) f Greek: κατηγοριοποίηση (el) f (katigoriopoíisi), ταξινόμηση (el) f (taxinómisi), κατάταξη (el) f (katátaxi) Italian: categorizzazione (it) f Malayalam: വർഗ്ഗീകരണം (vaṟggīkaraṇaṁ) Māori: whakarōpūtanga Polish: kategoryzacja (pl) f, klasyfikacja (pl) f Portuguese: categorização (pt) f Romanian: categorisire (ro) Russian: категоризация (ru) f (kategorizacija) Sikkimese: ཁོངས་རྷོགས (khongs rhogs) Spanish: categorización (es) f Turkish: sınıflandırma (tr) Yoruba: ìpínsísọ̀rí