The action of arranging items into groups or the resulting arrangement itself, based on shared characteristics, purpose, or organizational logic. It involves categorization and classification principles.
From French 'groupe' meaning 'cluster,' entering English in the 18th century through art terminology describing clustered figures. The concept expanded from visual arts to general organizational and analytical contexts.
Grouping reveals how our minds work - we automatically cluster similar things together for cognitive efficiency, but the criteria we choose for grouping often reveal our biases and priorities more than objective similarities!
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