macrocategory
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Noun edit
macrocategory (plural macrocategories)
- A category that is made up of multiple smaller microcategories.
- 1994, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection, page 141:
- The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories.
- 1995, Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab, page 109:
- In this dynamic, interrelated microcategory problems, such as prostitution and violence against women, are recognized as manifestations of macrocategory problems such as poverty and human rights.
- 2012, Adam Głaz, Hubert Kowalewski, Anna Weremczuk, What’s in a Text? Inquiries into the Textual Cornucopia, page 253:
- As has already been stated, most lexical items from the conceptual macrocategory CLOTHES are inextricably related to the macrocategory HUMAN BEING, the relationships being bi-directional in nature.