Home › Words › O › overclassificationoverclassificationoverclassification means excessive classification.EtymologyFrom over- + classification.nounExcessive classification.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.underclassify 71% match — To classify insufficiently vs overclassification →overinclusion 64% match — inclusion of too much or too many within a category vs overclassification →overspecification 63% match — Excessive specification vs overclassification →overgenerality 62% match — Excessive generality vs overclassification →overgeneral 62% match — Excessively general vs overclassification →misclassification 62% match — The act or process of misclassifying. vs overclassification →overrefinement 62% match — Excessive refinement. vs overclassification →nonclassification 62% match — Absence of classification; failure to classify. vs overclassification →