classification
noun
the act of classifying.
classificatory
-
a word derived from
classification.
Example Sentences
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We should also consider some of the potential consequences of the classificatory imagination.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021
The possibilities of streaming have inspired a new "classificatory imagination."
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021
But by the 1970s the classificatory impulse as a vehicle for scientific legitimacy came to the fore.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021
A survey conducted in 1993 by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University found that Goddard’s classificatory system was still used to evaluate the eligibility of a candidate for medical care.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2021
Again, we have seen that there is no correlation between the importance of any structure from a classificatory point of view, and the importance of that structure to the organism which presents it.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
