macrocategory

English

Noun

macrocategory (plural macrocategories)

1. 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.