Folksonomy (noun)
fouk-son-om-ee
A user-generated system of classifying and organizing online content into different categories by the use of metadata such as electronic tags.
Early 21st century: blend of folks (see folk) and taxonomy.
Example sentences
“Folksonomy is a helpful tool in piecing together facts from the Internet.”
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