despecification

The act of generalizing, or making less specific.

Noun

  1. The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
    • […] Brooten's despecification of the term "tribade" and her tendency to understand it as if it were a generic designation for a woman possessed of a lifelong homoerotic orientation. - 2002, Martha Craven Nussbaum, Juha...

Origin

From de- + specification.

Synonyms

generalization universalization

Antonyms

specialization

Related

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