different between egregore vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• egregor

Etymology

From French égrégore (“spirit of a group”), from the Ancient Greek substantive of ????????? (egr?goros, “wakeful”) meaning watcher, angel in the Book of Enoch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????????/

Noun

egregore (plural egregores)

1. (obsolete) An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
2. (occult) An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of and influencing the thoughts of a group of people.

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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

Derived terms

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