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

Nearly 113,000 students took the 2026 AZELLA, according to the department, resulting in the reclassification of about 30,000 students as proficient and their removal from English-language services this school year. — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026

The reclassification was almost halted by Nigeria's new T+1 settlement cycle, but the SEC clarified foreign investors are not required to pre-fund accounts. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Pluto continues to surprise scientists NASA's New Horizons spacecraft launched in January 2006, months before Pluto's reclassification, and became the first mission to fly past the distant world in 2015. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

The reclassification of Pluto ensures that the general public can't really ignore the fact that there are many solar system bodies with sizes between planets and asteroids that are no less important than the planets themselves. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Aug. 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