different between environmentalist vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

environmental +? -ist

Noun

environmentalist (plural environmentalists)

1. (medicine, social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.
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2. One who advocates for the protection of the biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

Synonyms

• (one who advocates for the protection of the biosphere): greenie (chiefly Australia and New Zealand, slang, often derogatory), tree hugger (slang, often disapproving)

Hyponyms

(one who advocates for the protection of the biosphere):

• ecocapitalist
• ecosocialist

Derived terms

• pseudoenvironmentalist

Related terms

• environmentalism
• environmental
• environment
• enviro-

Translations

Adjective

environmentalist (comparative more environmentalist, superlative most environmentalist)

1. Of, or relating to environmentalism.

See also

• conservationist
• ecologist
• preservationist

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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