Lumpers and splitters

14:40 Jul 10, 2019
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / Taxonomy
English term or phrase: Lumpers and splitters
Lumpers and splitters are opposing factions in any discipline that has to place individual examples into rigorously defined categories. The lumper–splitter problem occurs when there is the desire to create classifications and assign examples to them,
Dina Adel


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5المُجمِعيين و المُجزٍئيين
Ebrahim Mohammed
3المعمّمون و المصنّفون
Khalil Ahmad


  

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lumpers and splitters
المُجمِعيين و المُجزٍئيين


Explanation:
المُجمِعيين و المُجزٍئيين / التوليفيين و المحليين

lumper: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics


splitter: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics


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another possible translation :
التوليفيين و المحليين
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another possible translation :

التوحيدين و التجزيئيين

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-07-10 16:37:08 GMT)
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المجزئيين و ليس المجزنيين

Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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lumpers and splitters
المعمّمون و المصنّفون


Explanation:
I went with المعمّمون for lumpers because the definition of this word in all sources suggests that they tend to generalize and put plants together in the same category. while splitters المصنفون tend to categorize and classify plants.

Khalil Ahmad
Türkiye
Local time: 13:07
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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