Definition of "compartmentalizing" []

• Present participle of compartmentalize. (verb)

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• "I make no secret that I use "compartmentalizing" as a coping mechanism."
• "I had been kind of compartmentalizing it, kind of keeping it to myself, trying to figure it out, trying to handle it."
• "His body responded by "compartmentalizing" his legs, rushing fluid there in an attempt to heal them."