Meanings
nouncategorisation (plural categorisations)
plural categorisations
- UKalternativeAlternative form of categorization.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna group of people or things arranged by class or category
Similar
Broader
nounthe basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Broader
basic cognitive process
nounthe act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ger-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂goréh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*agorā́
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́)
- Ancient Greekἀγορεύω (agoreúō)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)
- Ancient Greekκατηγορία (katēgoría)
- Late Latincatēgoria
- Middle Frenchcategorie
- Frenchcatégorie
- Englishcategory
- Englishcategorisation
From category + -isation.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with categorisation
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
categorisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorisation
MLA
“categorisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “categorisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorisation.
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