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compartmentalization - definition and meaning
Definitions
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noun dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.noun software The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable .
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noun noun
Etymologies
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compartmentalize + -ation
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This compartmentalization is a unique feature of mainstream U.S. culture: Don't mix personal and work issues; my family is separate from my friends; my tennis friends do not necessarily have to know my classical music friends, and so on.
El Buen Patron 2002
This compartmentalization is a unique feature of mainstream U.S. culture: Don't mix personal and work issues; my family is separate from my friends; my tennis friends do not necessarily have to know my classical music friends, and so on.
El Buen Patron 2002
The intensity of my career coupled with my self-imposed mental compartmentalization is protection for me.
Excerpt: The Privilege of Youth by Dave Pelzer 2004
One of the noisome results of such compartmentalization is that relationship "experts" warn us incessantly, "If you have to talk, see a therapist."
Mr. Goodbar Redux 2002
One of the noisome results of such compartmentalization is that relationship "experts" warn us incessantly, "If you have to talk, see a therapist."
Mr. Goodbar Redux 2002
PODESTA: I've never understood the word compartmentalization , quite honestly.
CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2001 2001
And the further to the right on the scale, the less compartmentalization is possible between the supposed religious and non-religious aspects of one’s life.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
We no longer operate largely on the principle of compartmentalization , that is, sharing information based on "need to know."
How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community James R. Clapper 2011
Practicing methodological naturalism and then believing in superstition is called compartmentalization , not intellectual consistency.
Partial Knowlege, Totally Dangerous James F. McGrath 2009
In a very real way “symbolic” refers to integration and “diabolic” refers to compartmentalization .
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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