categorization — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A group of things arranged by category.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   classification

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   classificationtyping

   Examples

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

Noun

1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

   Synonyms

   classificationcategorisation

   Broader terms

   arrangement

2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

   Synonyms

   classificationcategorisationsorting

   Broader terms

   basic cognitive process

3. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

   Synonyms

   categorisationclassificationcompartmentalizationcompartmentalisationassortment

   Broader terms

   grouping