classitis

English

Etymology

From class +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

classitis (uncountable)

1. (web design, usually derogatory) The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
   • 2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, page 175:

     Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.

   • 2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, page 102:

     Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.

Related terms

• divitis