reclassification

noun

re·​clas·​si·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

plural reclassifications

: the act or process of classifying something again or anew

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said chub populations appear steady enough for a legal reclassification from endangered to threatened.

—Bruce Finley

Examples of reclassification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This was related to the reclassification of Foxtel as a discontinued operation. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025

Between the lines: Many federal workers are already feeling scared about the administration's crackdown on DEI, its return-to-office policy and the reclassification efforts. —Marc Caputo, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025

While the reclassification is a major step forward, cannabis still isn’t fully legalized on the federal level. —Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025

That reclassification caused some paleontologists to wonder whether real Jurassic birds exist. —Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reclassification

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization