taxonomy

Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- +‎ -nomy.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/

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• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɑ.nə.mi/
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɔn.ə.mi/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɛkˈsɒn.ə.mi/, [tɛkˈsɔ̟n.ə.mi]
• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

2. The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.

   Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)

4. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.

   Hypernyms: classification < schema, scheme

   Coordinate term: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)

   • 2022 April 20, Mariella Rudi, “Tostitos Hint of Lime has zero lime – but it’s still the perfect chip”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release.

6. (life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy, biotaxonomy

• nomenclature
• ontology