different between oxymoronicness vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

oxymoronic +? -ness

Noun

oxymoronicness (uncountable)

1. (nonce word, rare) The state, quality or measure of being oxymoronic.
   • 1998, Harry Levy, Chain of Custody, Fawcett Crest (1999), ?ISBN, page 163:

     All I remember saying is, "My pleasure," and being struck by its oxymoronicness.

   • 2001, Steve White, Family Vacations & Other Hazards of Growing Up, Chloe Press (2001), ?ISBN, page 19:

     The oxymoronicness (deluded writers are allowed to make up stupid words) of vacation with your family is also affected by Variable 2: Your own Personal Irritation Factor.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:oxymoronicness.

Synonyms

• oxymoronicity

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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