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Webster 1913 Edition
Despecification
De-specˊi-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
Discrimination.
Definition 2024
despecification
despecification
English
Noun
despecification (uncountable)
- The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- 2002, Martha Craven Nussbaum, Juha Sihvola, The Sleep of Reason (page 267)
- […] 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)
- (obsolete) discrimination