1. to separate into distinct sections or categories
2. to isolate thoughts, feelings, or experiences from one another to avoid emotional conflict
Usage: psychology

Examples

• She learned to compartmentalize her work stress from her family time.
• The filing system compartmentalizes documents by department and date.
• He tends to compartmentalize his emotions rather than dealing with them directly.
• The new software helps compartmentalize different types of customer data.
• Students often compartmentalize their academic subjects instead of seeing connections.
• The therapist helped her stop compartmentalizing her traumatic experiences.
• The company decided to compartmentalize its various business operations.