"decategorialize" meaning in English

See decategorialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: decategorializes [present, singular, third-person], decategorializing [participle, present], decategorialized [participle, past], decategorialized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} decategorialize (third-person singular simple present decategorializes, present participle decategorializing, simple past and past participle decategorialized)
  1. To undergo decategorialization.
    Sense id: en-decategorialize-en-verb-PtOgwLwK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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