Meanings
noundecompartmentalization (countable and uncountable, plural decompartmentalizations)
plural decompartmentalizations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of decompartmentalizing.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
- Proto-Italic*partis
- Latinpars
- Latinpartiō
- Latinpartior
- Latincompartīrī
- Italiancompartire
- Italiancompartimento
- Middle Frenchcompartiment
- Englishcompartment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcompartmental
- Englishcompartmentalize
- Englishcompartmentalization
- Englishdecompartmentalization
From de- + compartmentalization.
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APA
decompartmentalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decompartmentalization
MLA
“decompartmentalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decompartmentalization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decompartmentalization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decompartmentalization.
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