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synonyms for classification

  • allocation
  • allotment
  • analysis
  • arrangement
  • coordination
  • designation
  • distribution
  • grade
  • regulation
  • apportionment
  • assignment
  • assortment
  • codification
  • collocation
  • consignment
  • denomination
  • department
  • disposal
  • disposition
  • division
  • echelon
  • gradation
  • grading
  • graduation
  • group
  • grouping
  • kind
  • order
  • ordering
  • ordination
  • organization
  • sizing
  • sorting
  • systematization
  • taxonomy
  • alloting
  • cataloguing
  • categorizing
  • distributing
  • tabulating
  • typecasting
See also synonyms for: classificatory
On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to classification, such as: allocation, allotment, analysis, arrangement, coordination, and designation.

antonyms for classification

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  • disorganization
  • keeping
  • retention
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This week, we’re looking at the latest developments in the battle over the classification of gig workers, the rise of labor unions in tech and and Instagram’s latest move to be woke.
HUMAN CAPITAL: THE BATTLE OVER THE FATE OF GIG WORKERS CONTINUESMEGAN ROSE DICKEYSEPTEMBER 11, 2020TECHCRUNCH
It would soon become clear that this classification was, at best, misleading.
THE MESS THAT IS THE 2020 JAMES BEARD AWARDS, EXPLAINEDELAZAR SONTAGSEPTEMBER 11, 2020EATER
Mathematicians pursue this classification with “cohomology” theories, which allow them to extract algebraic fingerprints from complicated geometric spaces.
THE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE OF PARTICLE COLLISIONS COMES INTO VIEWCHARLIE WOODAUGUST 20, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
These two companies have been sued many, many times for their labor practices, specifically as they pertain to the classification of their respective drivers as independent contractors.
HUMAN CAPITAL: UBER AND LYFT’S ONGOING BATTLE WITH THE LAW AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF DIVERSITY AT SNAPMEGAN ROSE DICKEYAUGUST 7, 2020TECHCRUNCH
These classifications may be revisited if a sponsor ceases engaging in this behavior.
POLLS POLICY AND FAQSDHRUMIL MEHTA (DHRUMIL.MEHTA@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JULY 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
This classification scheme beautifully described the particle zoo of the 1960s.
CERN: PHYSICISTS REPORT THE DISCOVERY OF UNIQUE NEW PARTICLEHARRY CLIFFJULY 15, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
In addition to the tolls and charges, the Acts usually contained a rough classification of goods to which they applied.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW
When the child entered the workhouse it passed out of its former classification and entered into an entirely different one.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
By 1860 it "had given instructions that every new workhouse should be so constructed as to allow of the requisite classification."
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
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WORDS RELATED TO CLASSIFICATION

  • alignment
  • array
  • classification
  • combination
  • composition
  • design
  • display
  • disposition
  • distribution
  • form
  • grouping
  • lineup
  • method
  • ordering
  • organization
  • pattern
  • pecking order
  • ranging
  • rank
  • sequence
  • setup
  • structure
  • system
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