compartmentalization

Definitions of compartmentalization

1. noun

   the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
   synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation

   types:

   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
2. noun

   a mild state of dissociation
   synonyms: compartmentalisation

   type of:

   disassociation, dissociation

   a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently