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Adjective: compartmentalized  `kómpaa(r)t'ment(u)lIzd
  1. Divided up into compartments or categories
    "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
    - compartmental, compartmentalised [Brit]
Verb: compartmentalize  kómpaa(r)t'ment(u)lIz
  1. Separate into isolated compartments or categories
    "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
    - compartmentalise [Brit], cut up

See also: compartment, compartmentalization, compartmented

Type of: disunite, divide, part, separate

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