taxonomy
The science, technique or process used to make a classification.
Other meanings
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
Related words
- folksonomy
- macrotaxonomy
- megataxonomy
- metataxonomy
- microtaxonomy
- ootaxonomy
- tagsonomy
- taxonomist
- taxonomize
- chemotaxonomy
- alpha taxonomy
- cytotaxonomy
Example sentences
Word history
From French "taxonomie".
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