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classificatory, a.|ˈklæsɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ|
[f. as prec. on type of L. adjs. in -ōrius: see -ory.]
Tending to, having the purpose of, or relating to, classification; spec. in Anthropology, applied to a system of terms describing kinship (see quots.).
1837Whewell Hist. Induc. Sc. III. xviii. i. §1. 491 Descriptive geology..is one of the classificatory sciences, like mineralogy or botany. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 139 Devoid of classificatory value. 1871L. H. Morgan Syst. Consanguinity ii. i. 143 In contradiction from descriptive the term classificatory will be employed to characterize the system of consanguinity and affinity of the Ganowanian, Turanian, and Malayan families, which..are arranged into great classes or categories upon principles of discrimination peculiar to these families. 1878Lubbock Preh. Times iv. 153 Mr. Morgan divides the systems of relationship into two great classes, the descriptive and the classificatory. 1936R. Firth We, the Tikopia vi. 200 Tikopia kinship is of course of the type known as classificatory. The material relations between a child and his or her ‘fathers’ who are near kindred depend to a great extent upon factors of residence and the social contacts that this implies. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 368/2 The classificatory system is characterized by the terminological merging of lineal and collateral kindred at certain points—e.g. calling father's brother ‘father’. |