different between iconoclast vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French iconoclaste, from Byzantine Greek ????????????? (eikonoklást?s, literally “image breaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??k?n?klæst/

Noun

iconoclast (plural iconoclasts)

1. (historical, Christianity) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.

   Antonym: iconodule
2. One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
   • 2010 The Handbook of Texas Online, William Cowper Brann, Texas State Historical Association, Austin [1]:

     In February 1895 he [William Cowper Brann, 1855-1898 ] revived publication of the Iconoclast. This time it was successful and eventually attained a circulation of 100,000. Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.

3. (by extension) One who attacks cherished beliefs.

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See also

• antichrist
• rebel
• radical
• dissenter
• contrarian

Romanian

Etymology

From French iconoclaste.

Noun

iconoclast m (plural iconocla?ti, feminine equivalent iconoclast?)

1. iconoclast

Declension

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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