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com⋅part⋅men⋅tal⋅ize

   [kuhm-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to divide into categories or compartments.
Also, especially British, com⋅part⋅men⋅tal⋅ise.

Origin:
1920–25; compartmental + -ize
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com·part·men·tal·ize     (kŏm'pärt-měn'tl-īz', kəm-pärt'-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   com·part·men·tal·ized, com·part·men·tal·iz·ing, com·part·men·tal·iz·es
To separate into distinct parts, categories, or compartments: "You learn . . . even the ability to compartmentalize ethics" (Ellen Goodman).

com'part·men'tal·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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compartmentalized

adjective
divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized" [syn: compartmental] 

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