classification

Meanings

Noun

• the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
• a group of people or things arranged by class or category
• the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
• restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Synonyms

assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, sorting

Antonyms

declassification