systematizationn.
/ˌsɪstᵻmətʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɪstəmədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌsɪstəməˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or process of systematizing.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something > systematizing
systematizing1752
systemizing1772
systematization1817
codifying1825
systemization1828
codification1848
adjustment1881
1817 Analectic Mag. Feb. 90 He has devoted a great part of his life to the systematization of human knowledge.
a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. Univ. Gram. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 356/2 Systematization; i.e. placing the several denominations..in systematic order.
1893 Philos. Rev. 2 598 The writer's ‘thought-experiment’..is, certainly, more interesting than many others of the classical attempts at systematization.
1904 W. L. H. Duckworth Morphol. & Anthropol. x. 232 The accompanying scheme..has been found of practical use in the further systematisation of observations.
1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. iii. 49 This order is brought about by the systematization, or institutionalization, of social activities.
1975 J. Gordon Econ. Anal. before Adam Smith 141 When the medieval jurists came to attempt the systematisation of church law [etc.].
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 10/1 Men are better equipped for abstract thought or geekish systematization, for philosophizing, engineering and train-spotting.
2. A systematic arrangement or statement.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > quality of being systematic > systematic arrangement
ordination?a1425
structure1587
syntax1605
system1699
organism1701
classification1767
organization1790
systematization1838
1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason i. 490 The systematization of cognition [Ger. das Systematische der Erkenntnissen]—that is, the connexion thereof according to a principle.
1864 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. 2nd Ser. iii. 98 (note) English Phonetics, containing an original systematisation of spoken sounds.
1927 T. Burrow in Brit. Jrnl. Med. Psychol. 7 202 There remains no other conclusion than that the social mind..comprises a systematization of social images.
1963 C. Flament Applic. of Graph Theory to Group Struct. i. 37 This is a systematization of a current notion in sociometry: all the individuals of a clique choose each other.
1989 Jrnl. Musicol. 7 ii. 273 The overcoming of Eurocentric perceptions and systematizations of music.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 886/1 Action learning is his systematisation of the methods used by the Cambridge team to deal with problems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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