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 220 Polynyms
 154 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  40 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   8 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Hinduism
   4 Max Weber
   3 Wu Xing 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 davekud
  21 kemp
  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
Astrological sign

star sign (mutable)

Area
Astrology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
kemp
Polynym
http://web.media.m...

news criteria

Source
Jack Driscoll
Area
Media
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
scotty
Polynym
The Five Love Languages

love language

Source
Gary Chapman
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Plato's five regimes

regime

Source
Plato
Area
Politics
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Puruṣārtha

meaning of life

Source
Hinduism
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Optical illusion

Illusions

Source
Richard Gregory
Area
Cognition
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
dane
Polynym
Seven deadly sins

sin

Source
Desert Fathers
Area
Theology
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
scotty
Polynym
Contrasting and categorization of emotions

mood

Source
2DES
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Semiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce

semiosis

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Taxonomy (biology)

living things

Source
Linnean
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
kemp
Polynym
https://www.fronti...

Embodied, Predictive & Interoceptive Framework

Source
Michela Di Trani
Area
Mental Health
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
dane
Polynym
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development

moral development

Source
Lawrence Kohlberg
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
6
User
scotty
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