classing
Putting in groups
Classing is the act of categorizing or assigning to a class.
Insurance adjusters go about classing risks.
Social critics examine how society goes about classing people by wealth or status.
They were classing the pottery by age and origin.
The word often implies sorting according to quality or type.
Mixed collection of things
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- collatingArranging in sequence
indexing · tabulating · enumerating · sequencing · prioritizing · gradating · tiering · ranking
Science of categorical arrangement
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
family · phylum · kingdom · domain · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogeny
One's relative position
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- eliteSuperior select group
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
proletariat · caste · stratification · privilege · mobility · prestige · aristocracy · gentry
assortment
Mixed collection of things
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- siftingSeparating by particle size
collating · indexing · tabulating · enumerating · sequencing · prioritizing · gradating · tiering · ranking · filing
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
order · family · phylum · kingdom · domain · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogeny · taxon
status
One's relative position
bourgeoisie · proletariat · caste · stratification · privilege · mobility · prestige · aristocracy · gentry · nobility
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, ordering
- sheep shearingshearer, shears, fleece, shearing shed, handpiece
- cottoncotton, boll, cotton bale, cotton fiber, cotton belt
classingdeclassifying
Removing secrecy status
randomizing · disorganizing · mixing · unclassifying · jumbling
classingdisarranging
Disturbing orderly placement
disordering · shuffling · scattering · randomizing · scrambling
classingmerging
Blending into one
homogenizing · combining · unifying · amalgamating · blending
- classified adBrief paid newspaper notice
- classified documentsFiles with access restrictions
- film classificationContent rating for cinema
- classified informationSensitive, access-restricted material
- security classificationOfficial secrecy designation
- employee classificationHow staff are formally categorized
classified, classify, classification, classifying, classism, reclassify, classifier, declassify, classist