subgroupings
Categories within categories
Subgroupings are divisions within a larger group, categories nested inside broader categories.
The term appears in academic and technical contexts—linguistics classifies language families into subgroupings, biology organizes species into subgroupings within genera: The subgroupings of Indo-European languages include Germanic, Romance, and Slavic branches.
Groups of related things
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- typesVarieties or key-enters
- kindsDistinct categories or types
- classesInstructional sessions or groupings
genera · species · varieties · breeds · strains · cultivars · families · orders
Dividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- separationState of being apart
- splittingDividing into parts
sectioning · demarcation · allocation · apportionment · bifurcation · dichotomy · trisection · fractioning
Ranked authority structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- nestingMaking a dwelling
ordering · sorting · coordination · alignment · network · affiliation · subclusters · tiers
categories
Groups of related things
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- typesVarieties or key-enters
- kindsDistinct categories or types
classes · genera · species · varieties · breeds · strains · cultivars · families · orders · phyla
partitioning
Dividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- separationState of being apart
splitting · sectioning · demarcation · allocation · apportionment · bifurcation · dichotomy · trisection · fractioning · branching
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
nesting · ordering · sorting · coordination · alignment · network · affiliation · subclusters · tiers · levels
subgroupingstotality
Complete aggregate amount
whole · entirety · aggregate · unity · consolidation
subgroupingswholes
Complete unified amounts
totalities · unifications · aggregates · consolidations · entireties
group, grouping, grouped, groups, regroup, groupings, subgroup, subgroups, groupie