cat ‧ e ‧ go ‧ rize BrE AmE ( also categorise British English ) /ˈkætəɡəraɪz, ˈkætɪɡəraɪz/ verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ category , ↑ categorization ; verb : ↑ categorize ]
to put people or things into groups according to the type of person or thing they are SYN classify :
The population is categorized according to age, sex, and social group.
categorize something/somebody as something
Keene doesn’t like to be categorized as a socialist.
—categorization /ˌkætəɡəraɪˈzeɪʃ ə n, ˌkætɪɡəraɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]