medical Definition of compartmentalization
:isolation or splitting off of part of the personality or mind with lack of communication and consistency between the parts
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compartmentalization
noun
com·part·men·tal·iza·tion
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or British
compartmentalisation
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\kəm-ˌpärt-ˌment-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən\
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