different between resistlessly vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From resistless +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?stl?sli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?stl?sli/
• Hyphenation: re?sist?less?ly

Adverb

resistlessly (not comparable)

1. (archaic, chiefly literary) In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.

   Synonyms: irresistibly, unresistingly

   • 1879, John McElroy, chapter 76, in Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons:

     Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.

   • 1913, Jack London, chapter 1, in John Barleycorn:

     And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.

   • 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 19, in The Lamp of Fate:

     She yielded resistlessly, every fibre of her being quivering responsive to the overwhelming passion of love which had at last stormed and broken down all barriers.

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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