generification

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

generification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

1. (computing) The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
2. (dated) A generalization.
   • a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:

     Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.

Anagrams

• greenification