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systematics
Systematics (noun) means the branch of study concerned with classifying things and naming them systematically.
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1
The branch of study concerned with classifying things and naming them systematically.
2
The way a particular science is organised into categories, especially the classification of living things in biology.
3
A branch of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of Christian beliefs. It comprises dogmatics, ethics and philosophy of religion.
"Systematics is an effort to understand those specifically theological affirmations that the theologian holds to be true and so regards as doctrines."
— Robert M. Doran, Theology and the Dialectics of History (1990)
"The seventh functional specialty, systematics, is concerned with promoting an understanding of the realitites affirmed in the previous specialty, doctrines."
— Bernard J. F. Lonergan, Method in Theology - Volume 12 (1990)
4
The place where legal provisions are considered relevant to their interpretation.
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What is the meaning of systematics?
"systematics" (noun) means the branch of study concerned with classifying things and naming them systematically.
What are the different meanings of systematics?
"systematics" has 3 main meanings: 1. The branch of study concerned with classifying things and naming them systematically; 2. The way a particular science is organised into categories, especially the classification of living things in biology; 3. A branch of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of Christian beliefs. It comprises dogmatics, ethics and philosophy of religion.
