generic

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Very broad

   Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.

   • Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
   • […] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual.
2. 2

   Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion

   Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.

3. 3

   Of a product or drug, not having a brand name

   Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.

   • The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
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   1. 4

      Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.

      • Holonym: familial
      • Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific, specific
      • There are scores of generic names within the order Decapoda, which includes many sea creatures that are called shrimp.
   2. 5

      Specifying neither masculine nor feminine

      Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.

      • Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
      • This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women.
   3. 6

      Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed…

      Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

   4. 7

      Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.

   5. 8

      Relating to genre.

      • Both [films] test formal and generic boundaries.
   6. 9

      Having no distinguishing characteristics

      Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.

      • That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!
   7. 10

      A product sold under a generic name.

   8. 11

      A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several…

      A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.

   9. 12

      A term that specifies neither male nor female.

      • […]a male-centered perspective[…]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[…]
   10. 13

       The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.

       • Where the generic of an English-language place name has been translated into French, it is essential to restore it to its original English form when translating the French document into English.

The neighborhood

• synonymgeneral
• synonymclassic
• synonymindefinite
• synonymvague
• synonymcatholic
• synonymcommon
• synonymecumenical
• synonymgeneric
• synonymnonsingular
• synonymnonspecific
• synonymuniversal
• synonymunparticular
• antonymspecificantonym(s) of
• antonymparticular
• antonymconcrete
• antonymnon-genericantonym(s) of “lacking a brand”
• antonymproprietaryantonym(s) of “lacking a brand”
• antonymbrandedantonym(s) of “lacking a brand”
• antonymgenderedantonym(s) of “neither masculine nor feminine”
• neighborcomprehensive
• neighborgender
• neighborgenus