departmentalism

[dih-pahrt-men-tl-iz-uh m, dee-pahrt-]

noun

division into departments, as in a university.

advocacy of or partiality for such division.

Origin of departmentalism

First recorded in 1885–90; departmental + -ism

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British Dictionary definitions for departmentalism

departmentalism

noun

division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency

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