CATEGORIZATION

categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment

(noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting

(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

classification, categorization, categorisation

(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

categorization (countable and uncountable, plural categorizations)

A group of things arranged by category; a classification.

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

Source: Wiktionary



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18 April 2025

GROIN

(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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