generification

English

Etymology

From Latin genus (“kind, class”). See -fy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

generification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

1. (archaic) generalization
   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.

2. (computing) The process of making generic; conversion to use generics.

Anagrams

• greenification