taxonomizev.

Brit.

/takˈsɒnəmʌɪz/, U.S.

/tækˈsɑnəˌmaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– taxonomise, 1900s– taxonomize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: taxonomy n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < taxonomy n. + -ize suffix.

transitive. To distinguish taxonomically; (more generally) to classify systematically.

ΚΠ

1958 Amer. Anthropologist 60 1057 We cannot taxonomize the vertebrates in terms of this feature [sc. copulation].

1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF v. 57 I could not say that my body's little caprices rendered me so sick as to be taxonomized as one of life's permanent invalids.

1983 National Rev. (U.S.) 35 102/2 Mao man, a species prematurely taxonomized by many Western intellectuals and journalists.

1995 J. Fentress tr. U. Eco Search for Perfect Lang. (1997) xii. 255 Thus genera, differences and species only serve to ‘taxonomize’ entities rather than define the properties by which we recognize them.

2000 Guardian 8 Jan. (Saturday section) 9/2 Guy..morbidly taxonomises the nutters and dumb criminals of Brixton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taxonomize
释义	taxonomizev. Brit. /takˈsɒnəmʌɪz/, U.S. /tækˈsɑnəˌmaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– taxonomise, 1900s– taxonomize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: taxonomy n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < taxonomy n. + -ize suffix. transitive. To distinguish taxonomically; (more generally) to classify systematically. ΚΠ 1958 Amer. Anthropologist 60 1057 We cannot taxonomize the vertebrates in terms of this feature [sc. copulation]. 1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF v. 57 I could not say that my body's little caprices rendered me so sick as to be taxonomized as one of life's permanent invalids. 1983 National Rev. (U.S.) 35 102/2 Mao man, a species prematurely taxonomized by many Western intellectuals and journalists. 1995 J. Fentress tr. U. Eco Search for Perfect Lang. (1997) xii. 255 Thus genera, differences and species only serve to ‘taxonomize’ entities rather than define the properties by which we recognize them. 2000 Guardian 8 Jan. (Saturday section) 9/2 Guy..morbidly taxonomises the nutters and dumb criminals of Brixton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1958
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