Subcategory

Quick meaning: Subcategory is a noun meaning With respect to a given category; a narrower category.

Meaning

With respect to a given category; a narrower category.

More Meanings

1. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.

Example Sentences

The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened.

I have categories within subcategories because I get so many submissions about poop and potty training.

On the other hand, the label of “feminist” is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix – an algorithmic signpost – than a meaningful description of art.

Word Forms

• subcategories
• sub-category

Synonyms for subcategory

Depending on context, synonyms include supercategory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subclass, classification, category, subsector, subgroup, subset.

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