different between transhumanism vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• H+, h+, H-plus

Etymology

From trans- +? humanism, coined by Julian Huxley in 1957.

Noun

transhumanism (countable and uncountable, plural transhumanisms)

1. A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
   • 2011, Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz, The Techno-Human Condition, MIT Press (?ISBN), page 87:

     Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual.

Coordinate terms

• posthumanism

Related terms

• transhuman
• transhumanist
• Transhumanist Party

See also

• bioconservatism

Translations

Further reading

• transhumanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

Translations