Definitions
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- noun British Alternative form of
categorization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
- noun a group of people or things arranged by class or category
- noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think this is a western political categorisation which is unnecessarily forced on Malaysia.
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I think this is a western political categorisation which is unnecessarily forced on Malaysia.
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I think this is a western political categorisation which is unnecessarily forced on Malaysia.
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I think this is a western political categorisation which is unnecessarily forced on Malaysia.
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What I believe is outdated is the 'categorisation' of lesbians as types, by ourselves or the outside world, especially when it's in terms of some kind of butch-femme role play.
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When asked that many commentators view this grouping as a 'US-bashing forum', the Indian Foreign Secretary rejected such kind of categorisation, saying it's not against anyone.
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“The typical phrasal verb site will offer some kind of definition and categorisation of types, a list of phrasal verbs (seldom if ever selected and organized in terms of frequency)”
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The typical phrasal verb site will offer some kind of definition and categorisation of types, a list of phrasal verbs (seldom if ever selected and organized in terms of frequency), and some rudimentary exercises, almost always of the gap-fill type.
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There are nuances and subtleties which do not easily lend themselves to categorisation.
Yet another trans 101, in which Helen tells cis people What’s What 2009
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Ironically, this impetus towards individualisation has involved creating discrete and mutually-exclusive learner ‘types’, a development that is, in turn, reflected in the discourse that perpetuates ethnic and cultural stereotyping – of the kind: “Asians are collectivist (as opposed to individualist)” – that is to say, an obsessive concern for categorisation as a basis for pedagogy.
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