Noun categorization has 3 senses

• categorization(n = noun.group) categorisation, classification - a group of people or things arranged by class or category; Array
is a kind of arrangement
has particulars: dichotomy, duality, trichotomy
Derived form verb categorize₁

• categorization(n = noun.cognition) categorisation, classification, sorting - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories; Array
has particulars: coordination, appraisal, assessment, ascription, attribution, ascription, attribution, cross-classification, cross-division, subsumption
is a kind of basic cognitive process
Derived form verb categorize₁

• categorization(n = noun.act) assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type; Array
is a kind of grouping
has particulars: indexing, reclassification, relegation, stratification, taxonomy, typology
Derived form verb categorize₁