taxonomy

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +‎ -nomy.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɒnəmi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɑːnəmi/

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

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

• class, classis, infraclass, infraclassis, subclass, subclassis
• domain
• familia, family, subfamilia, subfamily, superfamilia, superfamily
• genus
• kingdom, subkingdom
• nomenclature
• ontology
• order, ordo, gigaorder, grandorder, infraorder, infraordo, magnorder, parvorder, suborder, subordo, superorder, superordo
• phylum, subphylum, superphylum
• rank
• regnum, subregnum, superregnum
• species, subspecies
• taxon
• terminology

• cybertaxonomy
• folk taxonomy
• scientific taxonomy
• taxonomic