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interclassification

interclassification noun: the act or result of interclassifying.

Noun

interclassification (countable and uncountable, plural interclassifications)

  1. The act or result of interclassifying.
    • To help handle this complexity language makes use of what is perhaps the most subtle and intricate kind of interconnection or interclassification. It is called metaphor.1963, Lawrence Sargent Hall, How thinking is written: an analytic approach to writing, page 267
    • It is bothersome that Lanham, who as a student of rhetoric was one of the best at showing the complexities of rhetorical interclassification, overclassification, and misclassification, should offer such a dividing into vaguened twoness.1985, Renaissance Et Réforme - Volume 9, page 225

Examples of interclassification in a sentence

  • In turn, this necessitates different kinds of classifications and interclassifications of persons, problems, resources, symptoms, behavior patterns, and treatment goals.1986, Francis Joseph Turner, Social Work Treatment: Interlocking Theoretical Approaches, page 508:
  • That said, there is value in the subdivision or interclassification of data within a given code, and this need not necessarily require 'scalic' analyses.2009, William Gibson, Andrew Brown, Working with Qualitative Data, →ISBN:

Forms of interclassification

pluralinterclassifications

Origin of interclassification

From interclassify + -ication or inter- + classification.

Questions about interclassification

What does interclassification mean?
Interclassification means the act or result of interclassifying.
How do you use interclassification in a sentence?
In turn, this necessitates different kinds of classifications and interclassifications of persons, problems, resources, symptoms, behavior patterns, and treatment goals.
What part of speech is interclassification?
Interclassification is a noun.
What is the plural of interclassification?
The plural of interclassification is interclassifications.

Words near interclassification in the dictionary

  1. interclash
  2. interclashed
  3. interclashes
  4. interclashing
  5. interclass
  6. interclassification
  7. interclassifications
  8. interclassified
  9. interclassifies
  10. interclassify
  11. interclassifying

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