classification

1. The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (synset 101014654)
   is a type of: grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups
   subtypes:

   • indexing - the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
   • reclassification - classifying something again (usually in a new category)
   • relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
   • stratification - the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
   • taxonomy - practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
   • typology - classification according to general type
   same as: assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization
2. A group of people or things arranged by class or category (synset 107955878)
   is a type of: arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
   subtypes:

   • dichotomy, duality - being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
   • trichotomy - being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses
   same as: categorisation, categorization
3. The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (synset 105740701)
   is a type of: basic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
   subtypes:

   • coordination - being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree
   • appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
   • ascription, attribution - assigning to a cause or source
   • ascription, attribution - assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
   • cross-classification, cross-division - classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
   • subsumption - incorporating something under a more general category
   same as: categorisation, categorization, sorting
4. Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people (synset 101151399)
   is a type of: confinement, restriction - the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

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