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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and timonian

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while timonian is a member of the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.

As an adjective timonian is

of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonian can be of or relating to skeptic philosopher (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas or timonian can be of or relating to the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.

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

    timonian

    English

    Etymology 1

    in his translation of ''(w, Plutarch's Lives) (1777).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * 1983 , M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis'':M. R. Stopper, "Schizzi Pirroniani [review of ''Lo scetticismo antico'' by Gabriele Giannantoni]" ( JSTOR 4182180]), Critical Notice in ''Phronesis , Vol. 28, No. 3 (1983), p. 265-297, endnote 36, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+second+Timonian+passage+is+usually+taken+to+come+from+his+prose+work%2C+Python%22 at Google Scholar.
  • [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, ''Python''.
  • * 2001 , (Jonathan Barnes), in (ISSN 0026-4423, e-ISSN 1460-2113), Vol. 110, Nr. 440, p. 1043-1046, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Aristocles+is+not+citing+Timon%E2%80%94and+how+near+he+keeps+to+any+Timonian+text+we+cannot+judge%22 at Google Scholar.
  • Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.
    Quotations
    * {{quote-book , by = (Plutarch) , title = (Parallel Lives) , first = John , last = Langhorne , authorlink = John Langhorne (poet) , coauthors = Langhorne, William , publisher = E. and C. Dilly , year = 1770 , page = 457 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=HCIJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457 , passage = None of these things, however, disturbed him; for, at once abandoning his hopes and his cares, he left his Timonian retreat, and returned to Alexandria; }} * {{quote-news , date = 1939-06-13 , newspaper = (The New York Times) , title = Dr. Ezra Pound , url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF93F54107A93C1A8178DD85F4D8385F9 , page = 22 , passage = Yesterday Hamilton College doctored Ezra Loomis Pound, the Idaho lad who was graduated from it in 1905. In his habitual Timonian mood he has, time and time again, taken the hide off American professors. }} * {{quote-book , year = 1962 , first = Vladimir , last = Nabokov , authorlink = Vladimir Nabokov , title = (Pale Fire): A Novel , location = New York , publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons , section = Index (written by the author, part of the narrative) (Repr. Vintage Books, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72342-0.) , page = 308 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EgQ4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22his+having+no+library+in+his+Timonian+cave%22
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  • , passage = Kinbote, Charles, Dr., [...]; his modesty, 34; his having no library in his Timonian cave, 39; his belief in his having inspired S, 42; }} * {{quote-book , year = 2002 , first = Lawrence I. , last = Berkove , title = A Prescription for Adversity: The Moral Art of Ambrose Bierce , publisher = Ohio State University Press , isbn = 978-0814208946 , ol = 11352634M , section = Introduction , page = xiv , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=3AtoLPo4QXkC&pg=PR14 , passage = Like Swift, whom he admired and imitated and with whom he had much in common, Bierce was a man who hated boldly and well and yet was not a Timonian misanthrope. }} *
    Synonyms
    * Timonean * Timonist

    Etymology 2

    , from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
  • Synonyms
    * Timonean (less common)

    Etymology 3

    From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
  • References

    * OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the (reproduced in a post) * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * Notes: English eponyms