generification

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/d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.

OriginLatin genus →
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Meanings

noungenerification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

plural generifications

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingThe process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
  2. dateduncountableusuallyA generalization.

    Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.

    a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latingenus“kind, class”
  2. Englishgenerification

From Latin genus (“kind, class”). See -fy.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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