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As nouns the difference between bellicism and taxonomy

is that bellicism is an inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour while taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

bellicism

English

Noun

(-)
  • An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
  • *1962 , , The Causes of Wars , p. 271:
  • *:One cannot understand the causes of the First World War unless one appreciates the degree of bellicism in European society at that time, especially in Central Europe […].
  • *2003 , Timothy Patrick Jackson, The Priority of Love , p. 126:
  • *:Today the phrase "holy war" suggests a no holds barred fanaticism, a form of unbridled bellicism .
  • *2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 295:
  • *:Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

    • Related terms

    *bellicist *bellicose

    Synonyms

    *militarism

    Antonyms

    *pacifism

    See also

    *possessionism *supremacistic *territorialist *governmentism *supervisionist *powerism *imperialistic *apartheidism *bloodthirster

    References

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bellicism

    taxonomy

    English

    (wikipedia taxonomy)

    Noun

    (taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology