Roget categorization dictionary

Dictionary Information

Description: This WordStat dictionary based on the well-know Roget thesaurus categorizes 100,685 words and phrases into 1042 categories (6 broad classes).

Requirement: WordStat 4.0 (with English lemmatization option enabled) or WordStat 3.1 if the text corpus to analyze has already been lemmatized.

Limitation: This dictionary has been created using the 1911 edition of the thesaurus. Many modern words are missing. For this reason, it may not be entirely suitable for use in natural language processing tasks. It may nevertheless be useful for experimentation as well as for the development of more comprehensive categorization systems.

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CLASS I – ABSTRACT RELATIONS

• 1.1 EXISTENCE
  • 1.1.1 BEING ABSTRACT
  • 1.1.2 BEING CONCRETE
  • 1.1.3 FORMAL EXISTENCE
    • 1.1.3.1 INTERNAL CONDITIONS
    • 1.1.3.2 EXTERNAL CONDITIONS
  • 1.1.4 MODAL EXISTENCE
• 1.2 RELATION
  • 1.2.1 ABSOlUTE RELATION
  • 1.2.2 CONTINUOUS RELATION
  • 1.2.3 PARTIAL RELATION
  • 1.2.4 GENERAL RELATION
• 1.3 QUANTITY
  • 1.3.1 SIMPLE QUANTITY
  • 1.3.2 COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
    • 1.3.2.1 COMPARISON GENERAL
    • 1.3.2.2 COMPARISON WITH STANDARD
    • 1.3.2.3 COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR
    • 1.3.2.4 CHANGES IN QUANTITY
  • 1.3.3 CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
  • 1.3.4 CONCRETE QUANTITY
• 1.4 ORDER
  • 1.4.1 ORDER GENERAL
  • 1.4.2 CONSECUTIVE ORDER
  • 1.4.3 CulLECTIVE ORDER
  • 1.4.4 DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER
  • 1.4.5 CATEGORICAL ORDER
• 1.5 NUMBER
  • 1.5.1 NUMBER IN THE ABSTRACT
  • 1.5.2 DETERMINATE NUMBER
  • 1.5.3 INDETERMINATE NUMBER
• 1.6 TIME
  • 1.6.1 ABSOLUTE TIME
  • 1.6.2 RELATIVE TIME
    • 1.6.2.1 RELATIVE TO SUCCESSION
    • 1.6.2.2 RELATIVE TO A PERIOD
    • 1.6.2.3 REFERENCE TO EFFECT/PURPOSE
  • 1.6.3 RECURRENT TIME
• 1.7 CHANGE
  • 1.7.1 SIMPLE CHANGE
  • 1.7.2 COMPLEX CHANGE
• 1.8 CAUSATION
  • 1.8.1 CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE
  • 1.8.2 ABOUT CAUSE AND EFFECT
  • 1.8.3 POWER IN OPERATION
  • 1.8.4 INDIRECT POWER
  • 1.8.5 COMBINATION OF CAUSES

CLASS II – RELATED TO SPACE

• 2.1 SPACE IN GENERAL
  • 2.1.1 ABSTRACT SPACE
  • 2.1.2 RELATIVE SPACE
  • 2.1.3 EXISTENCE IN SPACE
• 2.2 DIMENSIONS
  • 2.1.1 GENERAL DIMENSIONS
  • 2.2.2 LINEAR DIMENSIONS
  • 2.2.3 CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS
  • 2.2.4 SPECIAL DIMENSIONS
• 2.3 FORM
  • 2.3.1 GENERAL FORM
  • 2.3.2 SPECIAL FORM
  • 2.3.3 SUPERFICIAL FORM
• 2.4 MOTION
  • 2.4.1 MOTION IN GENERAL
  • 2.4.2 DEGREES OF MOTION
  • 2.4.3 MOTION WITH FORCE
  • 2.4.4 MOTION WITH DIRECTION

CLASS III – RELATED TO MATTER

• 3.1 MATTER IN GENERAL
• 3.2 INORGANIC MATTER
  • 3.2.1 SOLID MATTER
  • 3.2.2 FLUID MATTER
    • 3.2.2.1 FLUIDS IN GENERAL
    • 3.2.2.2 SPECIFIC FLUIDS
    • 3.2.2.3 FLUIDS IN MOTION
  • 3.2.3 IMPERFECT FLUIDS
• 3.3 ORGANIC MATTER
  • 3.3.1 VITALITY
    • 3.3.1.1 VITALITY IN GENERAL
    • 3.3.1.2 SPECIAL VITALITY
  • 3.3.2 SENSATION
    • 3.3.2.1 SENSATION IN GENERAL
    • 3.3.2.2 SPECIAL SENSATION
    • 3.3.2.3 TOUCH
    • 3.3.2.4 HEAT
    • 3.3.2.5 TASTE
    • 3.3.2.6 ODOR
    • 3.3.2.7 SOUND
      • 3.3.2.7.1 SOUND IN GENERAL
      • 3.3.2.7.2 SPECIFIC SOUNDS
      • 3.3.2.7.3 MUSICAL SOUNDS
      • 3.3.2.7.4 PERCEPTION OF SOUND
    • 3.3.2.8 LIGHT
      • 3.3.2.8.1 LIGHT IN GENERAL
      • 3.3.2.8.2 SPECIFIC LIGHT
      • 3.3.2.8.3 PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT

CLASS IV – INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES

• 4.1 FORMATION OF IDEAS
  • 4.1.1 OPERATIONS OF INTELLECT IN GENERAL
  • 4.1.2 PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
  • 4.1.3 MATERIALS FOR REASONING
    • 4.1.3.1 GENERAL EVIDENCE
    • 4.1.3.2 DEGREES OF EVIDENCE
  • 4.1.4 REASONING PROCESSES
  • 4.1.5 RESULTS OF REASONING
    • 4.1.5.1 GENERAL
    • 4.1.5.2 FACULTIES
  • 4.1.6 EXTENSION OF THOUGHT
    • 4.1.6.1 TO THE PAST
    • 4.1.6.2 TO THE FUTURE
  • 4.1.7 CREATIVE THOUGHT
• 4.2 COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS
  • 4.2.1 NATURE OF IDEAS COMMUNICATED
  • 4.2.2 MODES OF COMMUNICATION
  • 4.2.3 MEANS OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS
    • 4.2.3.1 NATURAL MEANS
    • 4.2.3.2 CONVENTIONAL MEANS
      • 4.2.3.2.1 LANGUAGE GENERALLY
      • 4.2.3.2.2 SPOKEN LANGUAGE
      • 4.2.3.2.3 WRITTEN LANGUAGE

CLASS V – VOLUNTARY POWERS

• 5.1 INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
  • 5.1.1 VOLITION IN GENERAL
    • 5.1.1.1 ACTS OF VOLITIONS
    • 5.1.1.2 CAUSES OF VOLITION
    • 5.1.1.3 OBJECTS OF VOLITION
  • 5.1.2 PROSPECTIVE VOLITION
    • 5.1.2.1 CONCEPTIONAL VOLITION
    • 5.1.2.2 SUBSERVIENCE TO ENDS
      • 5.1.2.2.1 ACTUAL SUBSERVIENCE
      • 5.1.2.2.2 CONTINGENT SUBSERVIENCE
      • 5.1.2.2.3 PRECURSORY MEASURES
  • 5.1.3 VOLUNTARY ACTION
    • 5.1.3.1 SIMPLE VOLUNTARY ACTION
    • 5.1.3.2 COMPLEX VOLUNTARY ACTION
  • 5.1.4 ANTAGONISM
    • 5.1.4.1 CONDITIONAL ANTAGONISM
  • 5.1.5 RESULTS OF VOLUNTARY ACTION
• 5.2 INTERSOCIAL VOLITION SECTION
  • 5.2.1 GENERAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  • 5.2.2 SPECIAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  • 5.2.3 CONDITIONAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  • 5.2.4 POSSESSIVE RELATIONS
    • 5.2.4.1 PROPERTY IN GENERAL
    • 5.2.4.2 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY
    • 5.2.4.3 INTERCHANGE OF PROPERTY
    • 5.2.4.4 MONETARY RELATIONS

CLASS VI – SENTIMENT AND MORAL POWERS

• 6.1 AFFECTIONS IN GENERAL
• 6.2 PERSONAL AFFECTIONS
  • 6.2.1 PASSIVE AFFECTIONS
  • 6.2.2 DISCRIMINATIVE AFFECTIONS
  • 6.2.3 PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS
  • 6.2.4 CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS
  • 6.2.5 EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS
  • 5.1.2 PROSPECTIVE VOLITION
• 6.3 SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  • 6.3.1 SOCIAL AFFECTIONS
  • 6.3.2 DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  • 6.3.3 SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  • 6.3.4 RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
• 6.4 MORAL AFFECTIONS
  • 6.4.1 MORAL OBLIGATIONS
  • 6.4.2 MORAL SENTIMENTS
  • 6.4.3 MORAL CONDITIONS
  • 6.4.4 MORAL PRACTICE
  • 6.4.5 INSTITUTIONS
• 6.5 RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
  • 6.5.1 SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
  • 6.5.2 RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS
  • 6.5.3 ACTS OF RELIGION
  • 6.5.4 MYTHOLOGICAL DEITIES AND POWERS
  • 6.5.5 RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS