Despecification
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of generalizing, or making less specific. uncountable
"[…] 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 discrimination obsolete, uncountable
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"[…] 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."
Etymology
From de- + specification.