classificatory

English

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• classificatorily