despecification

Etymology

de- + specification

noun

  1. The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
    […] 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
  2. (obsolete) discrimination

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