compartmentalization

Synonyms:

assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation

Types:

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indexing

the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve

reclassification

classifying something again (usually in a new category)

relegation

the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category

stratification

the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

taxonomy

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

typology

classification according to general type

Type of:

grouping

the activity of putting things together in groups