Word: overcategorization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
ca
te
gor
i
za
tion
Definition: The act, process, or result of overcategorizing.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: category
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κᾰτᾰ-
Language: grc
Decoded: kata-
Meaning: against
Affix: ᾰ̓γορεύω
Language: grc
Decoded: agoreuo
Meaning: to speak
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The result of an action or process