taxonomy

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɑn.ə.mi/
• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

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

     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.

3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

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

• nomenclature
• ontology