English

Noun

classitis ‎(uncountable)

1. (web design, usually derogatory) The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
   • 2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling (page 175)

     Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.

   • 2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites (page 102)

     Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.

Related terms

• divitis