different between psychomological vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

psychomological (not comparable)

1. (US, slang, humorous) psychological.
   • 1999 February 8, "Emily Spears" (username), "Is it important to gradually shut the lights off?", in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc[1], Usenet:

     Hmmm, maybe I could get....hmmm, not sure how I'm going to get gradual light changes for the little girls....hmmm...m-u-s-t m-a-k-e b-r-a-i-n w-o-r-k!! B-u-t i-t'-s t-o-o-o h-a-r-d!!! gasp!!!! gasp!!!

     -Emily

     Just a girl with her fair share of psychomological problems!

   • 2002 November 2, "Stuart Baldwin" (username), "camelbac hydration", in uk.rec.walking[2], Usenet:

     I agree with Paul about the psychomological advantages of having a warm drink to hand and would suggest that the OP try to find room in his pack for a flask.

   • 2008 December 30, "Hoots" (username), "I look for penpals", in soc.penpals[3], Usenet:

     I think this might be deeply psychomological and all that or could be as simple as "Guys are wired up differently than women".

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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