different between dictatorship vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

dictator +? -ship

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?k?te?t?(?)??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?kte?t????p/

Noun

dictatorship (plural dictatorships)

1. A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
2. A government which exercises autocratic rule.
3. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.

Synonyms

• autocracy
• dictatorialism

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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

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