1. plural of categorization; the act or process of arranging things into categories or groups based on shared characteristics
Usage: countable noun; often used in academic, scientific, and organizational contexts
2. plural of categorization; the results or systems produced by dividing things into categories
Usage: countable noun

Examples

• The library's categorizations of books help readers find what they need quickly.
• Different categorizations of animals exist depending on whether scientists focus on habitat, diet, or evolutionary history.
• The researcher proposed new categorizations for mental health disorders.
• These categorizations are useful for organizing large amounts of data.
• The museum's categorizations of artifacts reflect current scholarly understanding.
• Strict categorizations sometimes fail to capture the complexity of real-world situations.