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classitis

classitis noun: the practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.

Noun

classitis (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, usually) The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
    • Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, page 175
    • Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, page 102

Origin of classitis

From class + -itis.

Questions about classitis

What does classitis mean?
Classitis means the practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
What part of speech is classitis?
Classitis is a noun.

Words near classitis in the dictionary

  1. classis
  2. classism
  3. classisms
  4. classist
  5. classists
  6. classitis
  7. classless
  8. classless programming
  9. classlessly
  10. classlessness
  11. classlike

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