"folksonomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: folksonomies [plural]
Etymology: Blend of folk + taxonomy Etymology templates: {{blend|en|folk|taxonomy}} Blend of folk + taxonomy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} folksonomy (countable and uncountable, plural folksonomies)
  1. (Internet, uncountable) 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. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-folksonomy-en-noun-kWOyXQ9U Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (Internet, countable) A user-generated taxonomy. Tags: Internet, countable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-folksonomy-en-noun-ykbZB00d Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: folk taxonomy

Inflected forms

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