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n. - The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type; A mild state of dissociation.

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  • "compartmentalisation" status, which it hopes will assist it to continue exporting in the event of another outbreak of avian flu or Newcastle disease.
  • It truly is a staggering example of compartmentalisation.
  • "The human mind is very good at compartmentalisation in this respect."
  • For people with ‘compartmentalisation’ as an obsession, its a nightmare ..
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