English

Noun

despecification ‎(uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (obsolete) discrimination