different between backhanded vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From back +? hand + -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?hænd?d/

Adjective

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

1. With the back of the hand.
2. Involving a backward flip of the hand.
3. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
4. Indirect.
5. Backwards, turned around.
6. (of writing) inclining to the left
7. Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
8. Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

Alternative forms

• back-handed

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

backhanded

1. simple past tense and past participle of backhand

Adverb

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

1. In a backhanded manner.

See also

• backhand

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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