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

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folk taxonomy

Source Word

folk taxonomy

uncountable usually

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

Japanese Meaning

文化や伝統に基づいて物事を命名・分類する体系 / 伝統的・民間の知識に根ざした非公式な分類法

The biologist studied how local fishermen's folk taxonomy of fish differed from scientific classifications.

その生物学者は、地元の漁師たちの魚に関する民俗分類が科学的な分類とどのように異なるかを調べた。

Sense（1）

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

folk taxonomies

（ plural ）