Wikipedia / Typology
Wikipedia / Typology
A typology is a system of classification used to organize things according to similar or dissimilar characteristics. Groups of things within a typology are known as "types".
Typologies are distinct from taxonomies in that they primarily address things not categorizable based on empirical and objective characteristics, such as abstract and conceptual ideas or subjective criteria, though the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
The earliest evidence for the use of typology as a noun in the English language dates to the 1850s when it was invoked by William Maxwell Hetherington.
See also
Typology (anthropology), human anatomical categorization based on morphological traits
Typology (archaeology), classification of artefacts according to their characteristics
Building typology, relating to buildings and architecture
Farm typology, farm classification by the USDA
Typology of Greek vase shapes, classification of Greek vases
Johnson's Typology, a classification of intimate partner violence
Typology (linguistics), study and classification of languages according to their structural features
Morphological typology, a method of classifying languages
Typology (psychology), a model of personality types
Psychological typologies, classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people
Sociopolitical typology, four types, or levels, of a political organization
Typology (statistics), a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences
Typology (theology), the Christian interpretation of some figures and events in the Old Testament as foreshadowing the New Testament
Blanchard's transsexualism typology, a controversial classification of trans women
Typology (urban planning and architecture), the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces
The Bechers' photographic typologies
Typification, a process of creating standard (typical) social construction based on standard assumptions