different between circumlocutionary vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

circumlocution +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??k?ml??kju???n??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??k?ml??kju???n??i/

Adjective

circumlocutionary (comparative more circumlocutionary, superlative most circumlocutionary)

1. Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.

   The old man's rambling yarn was circumlocutionary.

2. (of speech) Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.

Translations

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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