despecification
Noun

despecification (uncountable)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete) discrimination
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