macrocategory

plural macrocategories

1. A category that is made up of multiple smaller microcategories.

   The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories.

   1994, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection, page 141

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   In this dynamic, interrelated microcategory problems, such as prostitution and violence against women, are recognized as manifestations of macrocategory problems such as poverty and human rights.

   1995, Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab, page 109

   As has already been stated, most lexical items from the conceptual macrocategory CLOTHES are inextricably related to the macrocategory HUMAN BEING, the relationships being bi-directional in nature.

   2012, Adam Głaz, Hubert Kowalewski, Anna Weremczuk, What’s in a Text? Inquiries into the Textual Cornucopia, page 253