different between eudaemonism vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• eudemonism, eudaimonism, eudomonism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (eudaím?n, “having a good genius, happy, fortunate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??di?m?n?z?m/

Noun

eudaemonism (countable and uncountable, plural eudaemonisms)

1. A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality. (Not to be confused with utilitarianism, which similarly emphasizes happiness but conceives of it differently.)

Related terms

References

• eudaemonism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• eudaemonism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Eudaemonism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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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