different between debaptize vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• debaptise (non-Oxford, Commonwealth)

Etymology

de- +? baptize

Verb

debaptize (third-person singular simple present debaptizes, present participle debaptizing, simple past and past participle debaptized)

1. (transitive) To undo the baptism of.
2. (transitive) To rename or to remove a name from.
   • 2004, Eric Michaud, The Cult of Art in Nazi Germany, tr. from French by Janet Lloyd, Stanford University Press, ?ISBN, page 91.

   • 2010, Jill Fell, Alfred Jarry, Reaktion Books, ?ISBN, page 28.

Related terms

• debaptism

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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