generification

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

generification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

(archaic) generalization[1]
- 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.
(computing) The process of making generic; conversion to use generics.

References

“generification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

greenification

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