different between jargonize vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• jargonise

Etymology

jargon +? -ize

Verb

jargonize (third-person singular simple present jargonizes, present participle jargonizing, simple past and past participle jargonized)

1. (intransitive) To speak or write using jargon.
   • 1982 Jan. 14, John Leonard, "Books of the Times" (book review of The Age of Desire by Joel Kovel), New York Times (retrieved 29 Nov 2012):

     He provokes, inspires, pontificates and jargonizes unto "hegemony" and "archaic parental imagos."

   • 2008 August 25, David Hare, How the BBC killed the TV play, Time Online (UK):

     [C]ontemporary BBC executives are far too busy jargonising to each other about delivery platforms and multichoice environments.

2. (transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon.
   • 1963 April 12, "Television: Selling Confusion," Time:

     But the committeemen were not to be diverted by the long-winded, jargonized explanations of the Nielsen modus operandi.

   • 1978 March 21, Karen Ogden, "Jargon, gobbelydegook, and other mumbo jumbo," The Star-Phoenix (Canada) (retrieved 29 Nov 2012):

     You can jargonize many words by adding "ize" to the end of them.

Derived terms

• jargonization

References

• jargonize at OneLook Dictionary Search

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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