different between ideality vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin idealitas (“ideality”), from Late Latin idealis (“ideal”); see ideal and -ity.

Noun

ideality (countable and uncountable, plural idealities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
2. (uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
3. The conceptive faculty.

Related terms

• idea
• ideal

Translations

Trivia

Aside from the proper noun Oceania, this is the shortest five-syllable word in the English language.

References

• ideality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ideality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• aedility, ædility

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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