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decompartmentalize

com·part·men·tal·ize
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh m-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-]
    • /kəm pɑrtˈmɛn tlˌaɪz, ˌkɒm pɑrt-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh m-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-]
    • /kəm pɑrtˈmɛn tlˌaɪz, ˌkɒm pɑrt-/

Definitions of decompartmentalize word

  • verb decompartmentalize to remove excessive compartmentalization from (an organization) 3
  • verb with object decompartmentalize to divide into categories or compartments. 1
  • noun decompartmentalize (transitive) To restore from a compartmentalized state; to merge back together from a set of categories. 1
See all 3 definitions of decompartmentalize

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Origin of decompartmentalize

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; compartmental + -ize

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Parts of speech for Decompartmentalize

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Decompartmentalize

decompartmentalize popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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