taxonomy

IPA: tˈæksɑnʌmi

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.

Examples of "taxonomy" in Sentences

ID guy: Except that taxonomy is based on CHARACTERISTICS.
A taxonomy is a nested hierarchy based on shared characterists.
However Linnean taxonomy is a nested hierarchy through-n-through.
A biological taxonomy is a classification scheme based on character traits.
A taxonomy is a type of nested hierarchy classification based on character traits.
Darwin proposes that the nested hierarchy of Linnaean taxonomy is due to the nested hierarchy of descent.
A taxonomy is a type of nested hierarchy based on a classification scheme, such as a biological classification.
In other words, the nested hierarchy of the observed Linnaean taxonomy is explained as due to the nested hierarchy of the posited descent from common ancestors.
BTW I said "clade" instead of "phylum" because the problem I see with Linnaean taxonomy is that it organizes the taxa on the basis of morphology BUT MAKES NO PREDICTIONS.
Linnaean taxonomy is also a nested hierarchy, but he had very limited knowledge of Reptiles and he set Reptiles as a separate class of Animals; therefore the class is not monophyletic.