different between mythicize vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

mythic +? -ize

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?th'?s?z, IPA^(key): /?m????sa?z/

Verb

mythicize (third-person singular simple present mythicizes, present participle mythicizing, simple past and past participle mythicized)

1. (transitive) To make into a myth.
2. (transitive) To interpret in terms of mythology.

Synonyms

• mythify

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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