English Explanatory Dictionary

folk taxonomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The vernacular naming or classification of things on the basis of cultural tradition, rather than on scientific principles.

Word forms

folk taxonomy folk taxonomies

Synonyms

ethnotaxonomy

Related words

folksonomy
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