different between insentient vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

in- +? sentient

Adjective

insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient)

1. Having no consciousness or animation; not sentient.
2. Insensitive, indifferent.
   • 1941, Theodore Roethke, Death Piece

     His thought is tied, the curving prow

     Of motion moored to rock;

     And minutes burst upon a brow

     Insentient to shock.

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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