Generic

Generic ibuprofen is just as effective as name-brand ibuprofen.

She purchased a generic version of a medication.

In English, the words a or an are indefinite articles that are used to refer to a person or thing that is non-specific, such as something generic or something mentioned for the first time.

In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching.

Generic medications are almost always cheaper.

Saga is the generic name for old Scandinavian legends, the majority of which were written in Iceland between the 12th and 15th century.

The generic name for Prozac is fluoxetine.

On the 3rd of February of 2012, I started actively learning Interlingua, the 1951 vintage created language, using the exciting Euro-based Tatoeba translation project on the Web. Some friends there suggested that this Blue Tongue was the one suited for me. I ventured to the Lulu Island neighbourhood Roman Catholic church, St. Paul's, on some mornings to enjoy the spiritual brown 1960s architecture and to mix with people who thought about Heaven. At this time, I considered myself as having committed to no specific religion, I believing that spirituality was utterly different from religiosity. I still preferred to blend what I know of different religions, although for a long time, it was really generic Animism and non-sect Buddhism which had the greatest impact on me. I thought now that it was better not to proclaim membership to a particular religion, though. People around me still preferred "shrink-wrapped" religions right off the shelves of the Religion Store.

It is now the 30th of July of 2014. Nowadays, I feel that Religion is much fantasy. I embrace Science, the perpetual self-correcting paradigm. I am still wading in the influences of Dharmic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism. And whilst I prefer a generic, postmodern form of Animism, I still cherish the notions in Shintō and Dao. But in fact, I am less religious these days, still just spiritual.

It is the 28th of June of 2013. Grey is generic Animism. Although most Westerners may not believe in it, Animism can explain many things about one's environment. There are good and bad spirits. Malicious people can be explained by malevolent spirits that have entered their body. That reason is why sometimes a friend or relative may suddenly act strange and obnoxious. Animism was the primordial religion of humankind. And there are still Animists around the world today.