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taxonomy

taxonomy

4 7.4
A science that groups living things by their features and relationships
  • noun
  • /tækˈsɑːnəmi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : taxonomía
  • In her natural history poetry, Smith thus employs Linnaean taxonomy while remaining cautious of its errors and mechanistic artificiality.
  • Bloom's taxonomy
  • taxonomy classification
  • taxonomy and taxonomists

And in our field, we've been very reliant upon measuring taxonomy, meaning who's there, which genus, which species.

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Examples

  • Such a catalog is presented here as a first form of a taxonomy of critical thinking.

    Academic text (1991)

  • More than 90 serotypes are currently recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Virus Classification.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Measures of environmental knowledge must include appropriate content and a taxonomy of cognitive processes.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The boundaries of the discipline of taxonomy are often vague.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Partly as a result, traditional taxonomy and natural history became marginalized.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Explore the various levels of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy and decide which tools you will highlight for students' use.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The seven classifications for the taxonomy were governance, organization, staffing, clientele, curriculum, finance, and evaluation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Ennis argues that this taxonomy is insufficient (Bloom et al., 1974; Ennis, 1981).

    Academic text (2008)

  • The study of taxonomy helps scientists classify animals and plants based on their characteristics.

  • In biology, taxonomy is essential for understanding the relationships between different species.

Synonyms

systematics
vstaxonomy
  • Specialized
1 8.8

The study of how living things are grouped and related

is the science of grouping organisms by their characteristics and relationships
biosystematics
vstaxonomy
  • Specialized
9.9

The study of how living things are grouped and related by their genes, body features, and evolution

focuses generally on classifying organisms into groups based on characteristics and relationships

How Detailed

systematics
  • Specialized
1 8.8
taxonomy
  • Specialized
4 7.4
observation
211 3.0
lumper
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Surface Forms

taxonomy singular
taxonomies plural

Morphology

taxonomy = taxon (semi-transparent) = taxon + omy

Formed from Greek roots meaning 'arrangement' + a suffix for a system of knowledge; the components are technical and not obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word taxonomy comes from Greek roots taxis 'arrangement' and -nomy 'system' or 'law', so it literally means a system for putting things in order. That's why in biology taxonomy is the science of grouping living things by their features and how they are related.