Classificatório

Classificatório is a Portuguese adjective that translates to "classificatory" or "classifying" in English. It is used to describe something that pertains to, serves for, or results in classification. In essence, it indicates a process or an outcome that involves organizing or categorizing items, information, or phenomena into distinct groups based on shared characteristics or criteria.

The term can be applied in various contexts. In science, a classificatory system is used to organize living organisms into hierarchical ranks such as species, genus, family, and so on. In education, a classificatory test might be designed to assess a student's ability to sort and group information. More broadly, any activity that involves the arrangement of things into categories can be described as classificatory. The purpose of a classificatory action is often to simplify complexity, facilitate understanding, or enable further analysis by imposing order.