hyperspecialization

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + specialization.

  1. derived from speciālis
  2. derived from especial
  3. inherited from *special
  4. suffixed as specialize — “special + ize
  5. suffixed as specialization — “specialize + ation
  6. prefixed as hyperspecialization — “hyper + specialization

Definitions

  1. Extreme specialization.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperspecialization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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