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taxonomy | disconfirm |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb disconfirm is

to establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.

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

    disconfirm

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
  • *1943 , , "A Purely Syntactical Definition of Confirmation," The Journal of Symbolic Logic , vol. 8, no. 4, p. 122,
  • *:The empirical data obtained in a test—or, as we shall prefer to say, the observation sentences describing those data—may then either confirm or disconfirm the given hypothesis, or they may be neutral with respect to it.

    • Antonyms

    * confirm

    Related terms

    * disconfirmation

    References

    * * *Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)