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compartmentalize

 
Dictionary: com·part·men·tal·ize   (kŏm'pärt-mĕn'tl-īz', kəm-pärt'-) pronunciation
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
To separate into distinct parts, categories, or compartments: "You learn . . . even the ability to compartmentalize ethics" (Ellen Goodman).

compartmentalization com'part·men'tal·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a mild state of dissociation
  Synonym: compartmentalisation

Meaning #2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
  Synonyms: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, assortment


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Compartmentalization or compartmentalisation (UK) may refer to:


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inddele i kategorier, sætte i bås

Nederlands (Dutch)
categoriseren, onderverdelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - compartimenter, catégoriser

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufgliedern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαιρώ σε διαμερίσματα ή (διοικητικά) τμήματα, (καθομ.) στεγανοποιώ πληροφορίες (κατά τμήματα)

Italiano (Italian)
categorizzare, compartimentalizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - compartimentar

Русский (Russian)
разделять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - compartimentar, dividir en compartimientos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - placera i olika fack

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
划分, 区分

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 劃分, 區分

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 구획으로 나누다, 칸을 막다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 区分する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضع في أصناف أو مقصورات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חילק לתאים, חילק לסוגים‬


 
 

 

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