departmentaladj.

Brit.

/ˌdiːpɑːtˈmɛntl/, U.S.

/dəˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/,

/diˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/

Etymology: < modern French départemental: see department n. and -al suffix¹.

a. Of or pertaining to a French Department.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to divisions in France

presidial1576

departmental1791

communal1796

cantonal1842

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ in Wks. (1846) III. 111 The series of three elections was still preserved for the choice of Departmental Administrators.

1862 Fraser's Mag. July 128 The municipal and departmental archives and public libraries in France.

b. gen. Of or pertaining to a particular district or region.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective]

regional?a1425

locala1639

cantonal1842

departmental1883

1883 E. Clodd in Knowledge 15 June 352/2 Indra..god of the bright sky..a departmental or tribal deity.

2. Of or pertaining to a department or branch of government, or of any organized system.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > relating to branch of organized system

departmental1832

1832 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 48 256 It has found an active auxiliary in the departmental process.

1854 Times, Let. War Correspt. 31 Mar. Needless departmental etiquette.

1883 American 7 65 The new Commissioner of Internal Revenue in his first departmental report to the Secretary of the Treasury.

3. Of a store: consisting of or comprising several departments.

ΚΠ

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) p. xi/2 A list of the Society's Departmental Price Lists..will be found on page xii.]

1911 R. Strong in W. B. Robertson Encycl. Retail Trading xii. 114 Small wonder that..the growth of a departmental store is sometimes phenomenal.

1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 235/2 The departmental stores and the larger retail shops throughout the Western States.

1926 A. James Commerce i. 53 Departmental stores contain under one roof many departments. It is possible to purchase groceries, boots and shoes, furniture, clothing, toilet requisites, as well as listen to the latest jazz music from the orchestra.

1955 Times 14 May 12/1 Perhaps the departmental stores were the most consistent in their experience.

Derivatives

departˈmentally adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adverb] > with reference to division in France

departmentally1878

1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 636 We have..been, geographically speaking, in the Jura, though departmentally in the Doubs.

departˈmentalism n. attachment to departmental methods.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy

red tape1736

bureaucracy1815

bureauism1829

red-tapery1831

red-tapism1834

officiality1841

functionarism1842

officialism1849

red-tapedom1850

red tapeworm1851

tapism1852

green-ferret1853

officialty1853

paperasserie1856

paperchase1856

paper-chasing1876

departmentalism1886

Whitehallism1915

striped trousers1958

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 4/1 The..crippling diseases of official red tape and departmentalism.

departˈmentalize v. to divide into departments.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide into departments

department1885

departmentalize1924

1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. 40 That tendency to departmentalize human nature from which modern psychology has at length shaken itself free.

departˈmentalized adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into departments

departmentalized1900

1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 9/3 The Bovril business was strikingly departmentalised..and..the managing-director..still occupies the position he has held from the start.

1930 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. v. 2/2 Everything should be organized and departmentalized.

1931 W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. p. xiii Scientific investigation is thus becoming more departmentalised; each worker finds himself compelled to devote his mind and energies to a more restricted field.

1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation i. 11 The normal continental type of a departmentalized social life.

1936 Mind 45 250 The feeble-minded..seem to be more departmentalised than normal children.

departˌmentaliˈzation n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into departments

departmentalization1846

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain 31 It was found to be no easy matter to carry departmentalization.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 346 In the beginning there was no departmentalisation of flying. The pioneers designed, financed, built, flew, crashed and repaired their own aircraft.

1940 Economist 27 July 125/1 The ultimate task of linking these ‘Special’ and ‘Registered’ accounts into an organic whole will demand more elastic methods. As a result of this departmentalisation, sterling is rapidly losing the homogeneity which is the hall-mark of a free currency.

1961 Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 8/2 If these negotiations fail, then President de Gaulle will have no alternative but to proceed with his interim plans for Algeria—departmentalisation, and the admission of more Moslems to office.

1962 Listener 5 July 19/2 Professor Haydn was arguing against departmentalization of history, the separate analysis of religious, political, and economic ‘factors’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	departmental
释义	departmentaladj. Brit. /ˌdiːpɑːtˈmɛntl/, U.S. /dəˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/, /diˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/ Etymology: < modern French départemental: see department n. and -al suffix¹. 1. a. Of or pertaining to a French Department. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to divisions in France presidial1576 departmental1791 communal1796 cantonal1842 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ in Wks. (1846) III. 111 The series of three elections was still preserved for the choice of Departmental Administrators. 1862 Fraser's Mag. July 128 The municipal and departmental archives and public libraries in France. b. gen. Of or pertaining to a particular district or region. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] regional?a1425 locala1639 cantonal1842 departmental1883 1883 E. Clodd in Knowledge 15 June 352/2 Indra..god of the bright sky..a departmental or tribal deity. 2. Of or pertaining to a department or branch of government, or of any organized system. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > relating to branch of organized system departmental1832 1832 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 48 256 It has found an active auxiliary in the departmental process. 1854 Times, Let. War Correspt. 31 Mar. Needless departmental etiquette. 1883 American 7 65 The new Commissioner of Internal Revenue in his first departmental report to the Secretary of the Treasury. 3. Of a store: consisting of or comprising several departments. ΚΠ 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) p. xi/2 A list of the Society's Departmental Price Lists..will be found on page xii.] 1911 R. Strong in W. B. Robertson Encycl. Retail Trading xii. 114 Small wonder that..the growth of a departmental store is sometimes phenomenal. 1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 235/2 The departmental stores and the larger retail shops throughout the Western States. 1926 A. James Commerce i. 53 Departmental stores contain under one roof many departments. It is possible to purchase groceries, boots and shoes, furniture, clothing, toilet requisites, as well as listen to the latest jazz music from the orchestra. 1955 Times 14 May 12/1 Perhaps the departmental stores were the most consistent in their experience. Derivatives departˈmentally adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adverb] > with reference to division in France departmentally1878 1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 636 We have..been, geographically speaking, in the Jura, though departmentally in the Doubs. departˈmentalism n. attachment to departmental methods. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy red tape1736 bureaucracy1815 bureauism1829 red-tapery1831 red-tapism1834 officiality1841 functionarism1842 officialism1849 red-tapedom1850 red tapeworm1851 tapism1852 green-ferret1853 officialty1853 paperasserie1856 paperchase1856 paper-chasing1876 departmentalism1886 Whitehallism1915 striped trousers1958 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 4/1 The..crippling diseases of official red tape and departmentalism. departˈmentalize v. to divide into departments. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide into departments department1885 departmentalize1924 1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. 40 That tendency to departmentalize human nature from which modern psychology has at length shaken itself free. departˈmentalized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into departments departmentalized1900 1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 9/3 The Bovril business was strikingly departmentalised..and..the managing-director..still occupies the position he has held from the start. 1930 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. v. 2/2 Everything should be organized and departmentalized. 1931 W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. p. xiii Scientific investigation is thus becoming more departmentalised; each worker finds himself compelled to devote his mind and energies to a more restricted field. 1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation i. 11 The normal continental type of a departmentalized social life. 1936 Mind 45 250 The feeble-minded..seem to be more departmentalised than normal children. departˌmentaliˈzation n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into departments departmentalization1846 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain 31 It was found to be no easy matter to carry departmentalization. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 346 In the beginning there was no departmentalisation of flying. The pioneers designed, financed, built, flew, crashed and repaired their own aircraft. 1940 Economist 27 July 125/1 The ultimate task of linking these ‘Special’ and ‘Registered’ accounts into an organic whole will demand more elastic methods. As a result of this departmentalisation, sterling is rapidly losing the homogeneity which is the hall-mark of a free currency. 1961 Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 8/2 If these negotiations fail, then President de Gaulle will have no alternative but to proceed with his interim plans for Algeria—departmentalisation, and the admission of more Moslems to office. 1962 Listener 5 July 19/2 Professor Haydn was arguing against departmentalization of history, the separate analysis of religious, political, and economic ‘factors’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1791
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