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taxonomy

[tak-son-uh-mee] / tækˈsɒn ə mi /




NOUN
scientific classification
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I came up with about a half-dozen categories in my happy taxonomy.

From Washington Post

That said, it was funny watching Daily Wire host Matt Walsh screeching about how "leftism is Satanism," before going down a weird rabbit hole about "theological Satanism" and his totally imaginary taxonomy of Satanism.

From Salon

Yet neither taxonomy quite accounts for the stuff you buy at the grocery store.

From Washington Post

In December, New York magazine declared 2022 the “Year of the Nepo Baby” and published a jaunty taxonomy of the species.

From Washington Post

In the taxonomy of horror, its undead are “fast zombies,” as opposed to the shambling hordes in old-time creature features.

From New York Times