despecification
nounEtymology From de- + specification.
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:
- Synonyms
- generalization, universalization
- Antonyms
- specialization
- Related terms
- despecificate