different between heteronomy vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

hetero- +? -nomy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

heteronomy (usually uncountable, plural heteronomies)

1. The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
2. The state of being beholden to external influences.
3. (biology) The condition of being heteronomous.

Antonyms

• autonomy

Translations

References

• heteronomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• OED 2nd edition 1989

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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