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taxonomy.

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

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tækˈsɒnəmi/Received-Pronunciation/takˈsɔnəmɪj/British, Southern, Standard/takˈsɒnəmi/Northern-England, Wales/takˈsɔnəme/Scotland
  1. The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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