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overcategorization

noun

Etymology

From over- + categorization.

  1. derived from κατηγορία — “head of predicables”
  2. derived from catēgoria — “class of predicables”
  3. derived from categorie
  4. derived from catégorie
  5. suffixed as categorize — “category + ize”
  6. suffixed as categorization — “categorize + ation”
  7. prefixed as overcategorization — “over + categorization”

Definitions

  1. The act, process, or result of overcategorizing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overcategorization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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