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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and redneck

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while redneck is (slang|pejorative) an uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender[http://wwwhit-country-music-lyricscom/redneck-woman-lyricshtml country music lyrics new country tunes]) of the rural southern us.

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

    redneck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender Country Music Lyrics New Country Tunes) of the rural Southern US.
  • (slang) The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. West Virginia Division of Culture and History
  • (UK, archaic) The nickname given to Roman Catholics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    • Synonyms

    * cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

    Derived terms

    * redneckish * redneckism * rednecky

    References

    English ethnic slurs