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 216 Polynyms
 161 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  44 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   7 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Max Weber
   4 Hinduism
   3 Auguste Comte 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 kemp
  21 davekud
  20 Greggo

To help us think, we group and divide things.

Yin-Yang (2) and Freud's psyche (3) are idea sets, or polynyms.
They span all cultures and disciplines.

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Polynym examples:
Polynym
Trivium

trivium

Source
Plato
Area
Education
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Taste

taste

Area
Gastronomy
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Bagua

natural disaster

Source
I Ching
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Simple machine

simple machine

Source
Renaissance
Area
Design
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Bagua

bushido

Source
I Ching
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Robert Plutchik

mood

Source
Plutchik
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Cell theory

Three Tenants of Cell theory

Source
Common
Area
Biology
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
dane
Polynym
Phenomenology (philosophy)

phenomenology

Source
Goethe
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

science

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Transtheoretical model

behavioral change

Source
James Prochaska
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

philosophy

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Tripartite (theology)

self

Source
trichotomy
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
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