recategorize
verb
re·cat·e·go·rize
(ˌ)rē-ˈka-ti-gə-ˌrīz
recategorized; recategorizing; recategorizes
: to put into a different category : reclassify
recategorized the drug as a controlled substance
Neptune is the eighth and furthest planet from the Sun, since Pluto was recategorized as a dwarf planet.—James L. Chen
recategorization
noun
plural recategorizations
Nye supported the recategorization of Pluto by the International Astronomical Union. Its makeup more closely matches a comet, he said.
—Mark Bennett
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