Despecification

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    discrimination obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From de- + specification.

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