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compartmentalize
[kuhm-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, kom-pahrt-]
verb (used with object)
to divide into separate and isolated categories, sections, areas, or compartments: compartment.
Instead of compartmentalizing tasks, employees can be trained broadly.
Psychology.Ģżto mentally separate or set aside (oneās incompatible or negative emotions, beliefs, or behaviors): Unfortunately, the experiences at work are not easily compartmentalizedāthey stay with the nurses and affect every aspect of their lives.
Ripley, a serial killer, has the capacity to compartmentalize his thoughts, push his conscience conveniently aside, in order to live with himself.
Unfortunately, the experiences at work are not easily compartmentalizedāthey stay with the nurses and affect every aspect of their lives.
compartmentalize
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verb
(usually tr) to put or divide into (compartments, categories, etc), esp to an excessive degree
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- compartmentalization noun
- decompartmentalize verb (used with object)
- Ė³¦“Ē³¾±č²¹°ł³ŁĖ³¾±š²Ō³Ł²¹±ō¾±Ė³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of compartmentalize1
Example Sentences
How theyāve compartmentalized the toll itās taken on them personally, and explore that in real time.
āI was a deer caught in the headlights of a full-on romance, with no training or experience to cope with my teenage emotions,ā he wrote, then explained his compartmentalized life and well-honed practice of denial.
Itās another thing to depict accurately the emotional toll, stresses, the need to juggle, compartmentalize, to code switch and do everything else that is asked of these people over the course of the day.
That you donāt have to compartmentalize parts of yourself because they upset you.
There is no neat bow for a box that can be comfortably closed and compartmentalized ā here lies memories of a loved one.
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