Taxonomy vs Bourgie - What's the difference?
taxonomy | bourgie |
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.
(usually, pejorative) used to describe middle-class values in their attempt to give the semblance of discerning taste.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and bourgie
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while bourgie is (informal|derogatory) a member of the bourgeoisie.As an adjective bourgie is
(usually|pejorative) used to describe middle-class values in their attempt to give the semblance of discerning taste.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologybourgie
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.
- Bourgie girl / Grab her hand / Fuck that bitch, she don't wanna dance
Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why", The Globe and Mail , 29 July 2012:
- It takes on faith a heterogeneous, bourgie morality and gives the lie that tween girls – or, more accurately, their movie-ticket-buying parents – want to hear.
Synonyms
* bougie, chichiReferences
*"American Skin"by Gerald Early. *
"Hazy Halcyon Days of Pot and Puberty"by Charles McGrath