compartmentalism

English

Etymology

From compartmental +‎ -ism.

Noun

compartmentalism (uncountable)

1. A tendency to compartmentalize, or keep things separate
   • 2013, Ian R. Whitehead, Doctors in the Great War:

     They were also an important means of promoting contact between MOs working in different units, and so combating the problem of compartmentalism by facilitating exchanges of information on the latest medical techniques […]

Related terms

• compartmentalist