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1. The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
   - categorization, categorisation [Brit], compartmentalization, compartmentalisation [Brit], assortment
    
2. A group of people or things arranged by class or category
   - categorization, categorisation [Brit]
    
3. The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
   - categorization, categorisation [Brit], sorting
    
4. Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Derived forms: classifications

See also: classificatory, classify

Type of: arrangement, basic cognitive process, confinement, grouping, restriction

Antonym: declassification

Encyclopedia: Classification