classificatory

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classificatory (not comparable)

  1. Serving to classify.
    Synonym: classifying
    • 1956, R. G. Lipsey and Kelvin Lancaster, “The General Theory of the Second Best”, in The Review of Economic Studies, volume 24, number 1, page 11:
      A brief consideration of the existence of second best solutions is followed by a classificatory discussion of the nature of these solutions.

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