different between fetishize vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• fetichise (dated)
• fetichize (dated)
• fetishise

Etymology

fetish +? -ize

Pronunciation

Verb

fetishize (third-person singular simple present fetishizes, present participle fetishizing, simple past and past participle fetishized)

1. (transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.

   Our society has fetishized personal wealth.

2. (transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object.

Derived terms

• fetishizable
• fetishization
• unfetishized

Translations

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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