Taxonomy vs Carceral - What's the difference?
taxonomy | carceral |
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.
Of or pertaining to prison
* 2010 Bernard E. Harcourt, The Illusion of Free Markets
Relevant quote (indicating that carceral is uncommon) is:
"Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere." Mr. Harcourt writes in two languages. The first you have already recognized as a servicable kind of American. The second, just quoted, is the tongue indigenous to the race of college professors who inhabit Planet Tenure. One can tease out some meaning from this tribal patois, but only with application. where instead prison is used attributively, as in “the prison system”.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective carceral is
prison (attributive), penal.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 * ontologycarceral
English
Adjective
(-)- Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere.
Usage notes
Formal, especially academic term, not used in everyday speech,Price And Punishment, James Grant, Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2010.
Relevant quote (indicating that carceral is uncommon) is:
"Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere." Mr. Harcourt writes in two languages. The first you have already recognized as a servicable kind of American. The second, just quoted, is the tongue indigenous to the race of college professors who inhabit Planet Tenure. One can tease out some meaning from this tribal patois, but only with application. where instead prison is used attributively, as in “the prison system”.