subcategory

plural subcategories · alternative sub-category

1. With respect to a given category; a narrower category.

   The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened.

   2005 August 8, Leslie Feinberg, “1952 court victory against anti-gay charges”, in Workers World

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   I have categories within subcategories because I get so many submissions about poop and potty training.

   2013 April 2, CNN Living Staff, “Beware the parental overshare”, in CNN

   On the other hand, the label of “feminist” is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix – an algorithmic signpost – than a meaningful description of art.

   2024 March 13, Beatrice Loazya, “Is Poor Things a feminist film? Is Barbie? These have become meaningless questions”, in The Guardian

2. category theoryA subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.

   Synonyms: child category, supercategory