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compartmentalized

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com·part·men·tal·ize  (kmpärt-mntl-z, km-pärt-)
tr.v. com·part·men·tal·ized, com·part·men·tal·iz·ing, com·part·men·tal·iz·es
To separate into distinct parts, categories, or compartments: "You learn . . . even the ability to compartmentalize ethics" (Ellen Goodman).
compart·mental·i·zation (--zshn) n.
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Adj.1.compartmentalized - divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
compartmental, compartmentalised
compartmented - divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units; "a compartmented box"; "the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill"- John Mason Brown


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