despecification
Noun
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Noun
despecification (uncountable)
- The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- 2002, Martha Craven Nussbaum, Juha Sihvola, The Sleep of Reason (page 267)
- […] 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 Sihvola, The Sleep of Reason (page 267)
- (obsolete) discrimination
- (act of generalizing) generalization, universalization; see also Thesaurus:generalization
- (discrimination)
- (act of generalizing) specialization; see also Thesaurus:specialization
- (discrimination)
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