compartmentalizev.
/kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəlʌɪz/ transitive. To separate into compartments; to divide absolutely. Chiefly figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments
space1557
comparta1785
section1819
sectionize1828
partition1849
sectionalize1854
to pound off1873
pigeonhole1879
compartment1930
compartmentalize1945
cellularize1948
1945 N.Y. Times 7 Aug. 4/6 The work has been completely compartmentalized so that while many thousands of people have been associated with the program in one way or another no one has been given more information concerning it than was absolutely necessary to his particular job.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Jan. 13/2 It is feasible to ‘compartmentalize’ the atomic knowledge in an intellectual vacuum and to evade the obligation of drawing practical conclusions.
1957 K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism 197 Innumerable mountain ranges compartmentalized the great Far Eastern islands.
Derivatives
compartˈmentalized adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into sections or compartments
cellular1745
comparted1823
pigeonholed1848
compartmented1851
compartmentalized1925
sectionalized1937
cellularized1942
1925 E. S. Jones Christ of Indian Road (1926) x. 209 India..will correct much of our compartmentalised and tentative religious thinking and acting.
1939 New Statesman 23 Dec. 932 Their teaching has become so compartmentalised.
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