Meanings
adjectivecategorizational (comparative more categorizational, superlative most categorizational)
comparative more categorizational · superlative most categorizational
- Of or pertaining to categorization.
This article examines categorizational asymmetries observable in the attempted production and negotiation of a “policeable” scene.
2025, R. J. Smith, Categorizational asymmetries in context: Producing and resisting policeable scenes.
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
- Englishcategorize
- Englishcategorization
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcategorizational
From categorization + -al.
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APA
categorizational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorizational
MLA
“categorizational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorizational. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “categorizational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorizational.
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