kəm|pärtˌment ə lə̇ˈzāshən, |kämˌp-, -pȧt-, - ə lˌīˈz- noun
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: division especially into units lacking normal interaction or cooperation
the rigid compartmentalization that has done so much to sterilize scientific knowledge by depriving scientific specialists of a broad social vision — T.S.Harding