併へい称しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

classifying together; grouping under one name; lumping together

Used when two or more things are treated as a single category or referred to collectively. Often appears in academic or analytical contexts.

• この論ろん文ぶんでは、両りょう者しゃを併へい称しょうして分ぶん析せきしている。

  This paper analyzes the two by classifying them together.

• これらの用よう語ごはしばしば併へい称しょうされるが、厳げん密みつには異ことなる。

  These terms are often lumped together, but strictly speaking they are different.