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folksonomy

folks·on·o·my
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fohk-son-uh-mee]
    • /foʊkˈsɒn ə mi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fohk-son-uh-mee]
    • /foʊkˈsɒn ə mi/

Definitions of folksonomy word

  • noun plural folksonomy a classification system derived from user-generated electronic tags or keywords that annotate and describe online content: Imprecise folksonomies can hinder information retrieval. 1
  • noun folksonomy a system of classification that makes use of terms that occur naturally in the language of users of the system 0
  • noun folksonomy (Internet) The spontaneous cooperation of a group of people to organize information into categories; the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content; a user-generated taxonomy. 0

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Origin of folksonomy

First appearance:

before 2000
One of the 1% newest English words
2000-05; blend of folks and taxonomy

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Folksonomy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

folksonomy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

folksonomy usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with folksonomy

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