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Taxonomy vs Gothness - What's the difference?

taxonomy | gothness |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and gothness

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while gothness is traits associated with the goth subculture, such as philosophical melancholy.

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

    gothness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Traits associated with the goth subculture, such as philosophical melancholy.
  • * 2004 , Matthijs van de Port, Authenticity
  • Thirdly, they claim ordinariness by rationalising their general status as human being, and by, at the same time, 'radiating' their gothness .
  • * 2005 , Dan Vice, Little Book of Goths
  • Your gothness is then measured by your peers with a 'gothier-than-thou' approach, facing ridicule if you are falling short.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 25, author=The New York Times, title=Art in Review, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The weakest works persist in the shiny black gothness . }}
  • * 2008 , Amy C Wilkins, Wannabes, goths, and Christians: the boundaries of sex, style, and status
  • These channels allow participants to authenticate their gothness through emotional performances, but they also police the boundaries of goth darkness.

    Synonyms

    * (informal) gothiness