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Taxonomy vs Theist - What's the difference?

taxonomy | theist |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and theist

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while theist is theist.

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

    theist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
  • * 1999 , Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66
    • The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1764 , author = Voltaire , title = Philosophical Dictionary , url = http://www.online-literature.com/voltaire/philosophical-dictionary/91/ , passage = The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1854 , title = Speculative Atheism , first = Theodore , last = Parker , editors = Linton, W. J. , magazine = The English Republic , volume = 3 , page = 205 , passage = and I call him a theist who believes in any God. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1870 , title = An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent , first = John Henry , last = Newman , page = 119 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YEkXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA119 , passage = No one is to be called a Theist , who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal." }}

    Antonyms

    * atheist

    Hyponyms

    * bitheist, ditheist * deist * monotheist * omnitheist * pandeist * panentheist * pantheist, cosmotheist * polytheist * tritheist

    Related terms

    * theism

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ist