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mihi itch

mihi itch noun: the ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal aggrandizement.

Noun

mihi itch (uncountable)

  1. The ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal aggrandizement.
    • Unscrupulous individuals can and do jump freely into taxonomy to satisfy their ‘mihi itch’ by engaging in a practice called ‘taxonomic vandalism’ creating taxon names without proper scientific work to back them up.2023, Wolfgang Denzer, Hinrich Kaiser, “Naming And Gaming: The Illicit Taxonomic Practice Of 'Nomenclatural Harvesting' And How To Avoid It”, in Journal of Zoology, volume 320, number 3, page 161

Origin of mihi itch

From Latin mihī̆, dative of egō̆ (“I”), + itch.

Questions about mihi itch

What does mihi itch mean?
Mihi itch means the ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal aggrandizement.
What part of speech is mihi itch?
Mihi itch is a noun.

Words near mihi itch in the dictionary

  1. Mihanere
  2. Mihara
  3. miharaite
  4. Miheșu de Câmpie
  5. mihi
  6. mihi itch
  7. Mihilmas
  8. mihirung
  9. mihirungs
  10. mihis
  11. Mihm

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