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Taxonomy vs Speciesism - What's the difference?

taxonomy | speciesism |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and speciesism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while speciesism is (philosophy|ethics) an ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.

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

    speciesism

    English

    (wikipedia speciesism)

    Alternative forms

    * species-ism, speciesm, specism

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.
  • *

    • Related terms

    * speciesist * speciest * specist

    See also

    * animal liberation English words suffixed with -ism