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generification

/d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

generification noun: the process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.

Noun

generification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

  1. (usually) The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
  2. (dated, usually) A 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...

Forms of generification

pluralgenerifications

Origin of generification

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

Questions about generification

What does generification mean?
Generification means the process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
What part of speech is generification?
Generification is a noun.
How do you pronounce generification?
Generification is pronounced /d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of generification?
The plural of generification is generifications.

Words near generification in the dictionary

  1. genericizes
  2. genericizing
  3. generick
  4. genericness
  5. generics
  6. generification
  7. generifications
  8. generifies
  9. generify
  10. generitype
  11. generitypes

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