taxonomy

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By forging a taxonomy for these differences, historians say, the naturalists of Europe were elevating old prejudices and political stereotypes into scientific orthodoxy.

From Scientific American

Briefly, taxonomy is the field of science concerned with how we classify living organisms.

From Salon

With the author approaching 90, it seems time for a reading guide, or at least a taxonomy.

From Los Angeles Times

Brookshire, a science writer, wants us to reexamine that loaded designation, to see how our glib taxonomy defines us far more precisely than it does our co-inhabitants of this delicate planet.

From Los Angeles Times

“In Freud’s simple-minded taxonomy, an old woman, or a fat woman, can only be grotesque.”

From New York Times