different between unmitigated vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From un- +? mitigated

Adjective

unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)

1. Not mitigated.
2. (intensifier) Total, complete, utter.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12

     "You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"

     "Not a damn."

     I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.

     "You are a most unmitigated cad."

     "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."

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References

• “unmitigated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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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