cat‧e‧go‧rize (also categorise British English) /ˈkætəɡəraɪz, ˈkætɪɡəraɪz/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: category, categorization; verb: categorize]
to put people or things into groups according to the type of person or thing they are Synonym : classify:
The population is categorized according to age, sex, and social group.
categorize something/somebody as something
Keene doesn’t like to be categorized as a socialist.
—categorization /ˌkætəɡəraɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌkætɪɡəraɪˈzeɪʃən $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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