self-classification
noun[U]
uk/ˌself.klæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.klæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/theactorprocessofdecidingand saying for yourself whichgroupyoubelongto :
His self-classification as afantasywritermightsuggest,wrongly, that hisbooksareescapisttrivia.
On thebasisof self-classification, just over sixpercentof thelabourforcecould bedescribedas havingtemporaryjobs.
- This self-classification is infactprettyarbitrary.
- Twopercentofparticipantswereclassifiedas "other"ethnicity,basedon self-classification.
- Popularmusichas oftenasserteditsdistinctivenessthroughnegativeself-classification.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- lay
- misclassification
- misclassify
- miscode
- mislabel
- misorder
- nest
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- sort