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Definition of Compartmentalize
1. Verb. Separate into isolated compartments or categories. "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
Generic synonyms: Disunite, Divide, Part, Separate
Derivative terms: Compartment, Compartment, Compartmentalisation, Compartmentalisation, Compartment, Compartment, Compartmental, Compartmentalization, Compartmentalization
Definition of Compartmentalize
1. Verb. (transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Compartmentalize
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1. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"The horizontal moldings are no more than devices to compartmentalize the ...
He employs these Renaissance-like details to compartmentalize the wall surface ..."
2. Urban Agriculture in West Africa: Contributing to Food Security and Urban by Olanrewaju B. Smith (1999)
"Therefore, networking would seek to de-compartmentalize these approaches in order
to: - exploit the complementarities and synergy of activities in a much ..."
3. Transnational Social Policies: The New Development Challenges of Globalization by Daniel A. Morales-Gómez (1999)
"This is especially so for countries that never developed the capacity to truly
compartmentalize their national histories and thus create their own national ..."
4. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"The complexity and short time frame of the probe, however, led to a decision not
to compartmentalize sensitive information. Consequently, everyone on the ..."
5. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"It is likely that fully integrating substance abuse treatment into mental health
treatment will reduce both the motivation to compartmentalize symptoms and ..."
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