different between dialectic vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• dialectick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (dialektik?, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from ??????????? (dialektikós, “relating to dialogue”), from ?????????? (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from ??? (diá, “through, across”) + ?????? (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???l?kt?k/
• Rhymes: -?kt?k

Noun

dialectic (plural dialectics)

1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.

3. (Marxism) Progress of conflict, especially class conflict.

Related terms

Adjective

dialectic (comparative more dialectic, superlative most dialectic)

1. dialectical

Further reading

• "dialectic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 106.

Anagrams

• deictical

Romanian

Etymology

From French dialectique, from Latin dialecticus.

Adjective

dialectic m or n (feminine singular dialectic?, masculine plural dialectici, feminine and neuter plural dialectice)

1. dialectical

Declension

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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