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Taxonomy: A taxonomy (or concept taxonomy) is a set of interdependent concepts arranged in a lattice based on their refinement relationships. In some cases, a concept taxonomy will resemble a hierarch . . . View Full Definition

Archetype: Something in the world, and described in literature, that, according to the psychologist karl jung, manifests a dominant theme in the collective unconscious of human beings. Northrop frye in . . . View Full Definition

Systematics: The classification of organisms based on information from observations and experiments; includes the reconstruction of evolutionary relatedness among living organisms. Currently, a system th . . . View Full Definition

Families: 1. In taxonomy, term applied to subcategories within orders. 2. Term applied to a group of similar things, such as languages, chromosomes, etc.

Binomial System Of Nomenclature: A system of taxonomy developed by Linnaeus in the early eighteenth century. Each species of plant and animal receives a two-term name; the first term is the genus, and the second is the species.