Synonyms for classification
ˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənclas·si·fi·ca·tion

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1. classification

   Synonyms:
   order, species, nature, character, cast, stamp, group, kind, section, sect, category, assortment, designation, description, genus

   Antonyms:
   individuality, speciality, isolation, alienation, division, distinction, singularity, exclusion, heterogenity

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1. categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortmentnoun

   the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

   Synonyms:
   smorgasbord, salmagundi, mixed bag, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, motley, sorting, miscellanea, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixture, compartmentalization

   Antonyms:
   declassification

2. classification, categorization, categorisationnoun

   a group of people or things arranged by class or category

   Synonyms:
   compartmentalization, assortment, compartmentalisation, sorting, categorization, categorisation

   Antonyms:
   declassification

3. classification, categorization, categorisation, sortingnoun

   the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

   Synonyms:
   categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, sorting, sort, assortment, compartmentalization

   Antonyms:
   declassification

4. classificationnoun

   restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

   Synonyms:
   compartmentalization, assortment, compartmentalisation, sorting, categorization, categorisation

   Antonyms:
   declassification

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1. classificationnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrangement, disposition, distribution, grouping, reducing to order

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1. classificationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disposition, grouping, taxonomy

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1. List of paraphrases for "classification":

   ranking, reclassified, grading, classifying, classifications, categorization, rankings, rating, categorisation, sort, nomenclature, sorting, classify, classified, filing, rank, reclassification, qualification, ipc, categorizing, classif, typology

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1. Thorsten J. Pattberg:

   Calling Confucius a philosopher is the wrong classification. Like calling a whale a fish.

2. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   It's certainly possible that for any number of reasons, traffic can be sent that's not marked appropriately for its classification. That is certainly possible.

3. Tim Parlatore:

   After we did the search in December and found within this box of thousands that there were a couple of pages that had a little marking at the bottom, which we turned over, after that, we found out that she had scanned the box so that it would be digitized, she had no idea that there was any classification markings on anything. And as soon as we found out about that, we called up the DOJ to let them know and immediately provided them access to it.

4. Bradley Podliska:

   When I asked him,' Hey, what here is classified, what classification manual did you use ?' he said,' I didn't use a classification manual.' I said,' Well, honestly ? Like you could have gotten that information from Wikipedia that I put in there. How is this classified ?' And he -- he backed down. He said,' Look, it's not classified, it's just sensitive information.' And I left it at that. And the next thing I know I was being charged with it for a security violation.

5. Van Deusen:

   Both of those, if theyre positive, leadto what is called a probable case. So its not a laboratory-confirmed, but its a probable case and its just a different classification.