different between careerism vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

career +? -ism

Noun

careerism (usually uncountable, plural careerisms)

1. The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests or social growth.
2. (chiefly US) The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.

Quotations

• 2002 Air & Space Power Journal fall 02

  In addition, military aviators' concerns about careerism as well as their lack of professionalism and personality clashes added to the friction against program.

Related terms

• careerist

Translations

Anagrams

• recamiers, screamier

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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