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

That potential reclassification, which would not apply to the primary alkaloid in non-7-OH kratom products, is being reviewed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. —Matthew Kelly may 1, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026

The athletes won’t be touching any of these experimental molecules during competition, and the reclassification will have to survive the scrutiny of the FDA expert advisory panel meeting that’s scheduled for July, but nevertheless, the games will serve as the best advertisement possible. —Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026

In a board meeting, Comer later found that no progress had been made on the task force’s action items on determining the accounting and legal realities of the reclassification. —Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026

The reclassification also presents new opportunities for entrepreneurs. —Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

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