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systematisation

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. See systematization, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

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Examples

  • One such systematisation is to find out the ultimate constituents of matter.

    Forces 2001

  • The indeterminacy of the relations between commonsense impartiality and other ethical considerations means that commonsense impartiality resists the kind of systematisation that moral theory demands.

    Bernard Williams Chappell, Timothy 2006

  • But the immediate consequence of "systematisation" will be to deprive the rural population of the last traces of economic independence.

    'Razing Romania' Veress, Pal 1989

  • Of course, Williams also opposes utilitarianism because of the particular kind of systematisation that it is ” namely, a manifestation of the morality system.

    Bernard Williams Chappell, Timothy 2006

  • You seem to think this is a sophisticated philosophy, but to the Elders of Sodom it appears risibly simplistic -- practically crude and ignorant in its systematisation of potential human behaviour into a set of axioms bearing little relation to reality, and all of these articulated in a one note modality of "must" and "must not," judging this action a virtue to be proud of, that one a vice to be ashamed of.

    An Open Letter to John C. Wright Hal Duncan 2009

  • You seem to think this is a sophisticated philosophy, but to the Elders of Sodom it appears risibly simplistic -- practically crude and ignorant in its systematisation of potential human behaviour into a set of axioms bearing little relation to reality, and all of these articulated in a one note modality of "must" and "must not," judging this action a virtue to be proud of, that one a vice to be ashamed of.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • What this model offers, I think, is a more symmetrical systematisation of the transformative process (es) of narrative.

    More on Narrative Hal Duncan 2008

  • What this model offers, I think, is a more symmetrical systematisation of the transformative process (es) of narrative.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • The treaty was therefore an effective device for the systematisation of a multifaceted backlash8 against the unarmed partisan movement.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • Fear, fury, desire, shame -- the whole philosophy of the religious moralist is simply an abstraction, systematisation and indoctrination of emotional reactions as so-called moral principles.

    Duncan Does Deus Hal Duncan 2006

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