"macrocategory" meaning in All languages combined

See macrocategory on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: macrocategories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} macrocategory (plural macrocategories)
  1. A category that is made up of multiple smaller microcategories.
    Sense id: en-macrocategory-en-noun-t0oN8qun Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection, page 141",
          "text": "The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories.",
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          "ref": "1995, Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab, page 109",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2012, Adam Głaz, Hubert Kowalewski, Anna Weremczuk, What’s in a Text? Inquiries into the Textual Cornucopia, page 253",
          "text": "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.",
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