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subcategorization noun[ U ] (UK usuallysubcategorisation); (sub-categorization)uk /sʌbˌkæt.ə.ɡər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsʌb.kæt̬.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ the process of putting people or things that are already in one category (= group with the same features) into smaller categories: She struggled to see the rationale for the subcategorization of the different varieties. The first categorisation is by size, followed by subcategorisation by colour. The term "Latino" can be useful as it allows for sub-categorization by nationality. The researcher proposed the subcategorisation of the different languages by dialect. The company introduced a taxonomy of its products that included subcategorization down to three levels below the product family. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Classifying and creating order alphabetize anti-hierarchical arrange arrangement arranger concordance describe macrocosm miscatalogue misclassification misclassify miscode mislabel pigeonhole shake someone down short-list shortlist sort sort something out unstructured |