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Despecification vs Respecification - What's the difference?

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Despecification is a related term of respecification.


As nouns the difference between despecification and respecification

is that despecification is the act of generalizing, or making less specific while respecification is the act or process of respecifying; a change from a previous specification.

despecification

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) discrimination
    • (Webster 1913)

    respecification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of respecifying; a change from a previous specification

    • Related terms

    *respecify *despecification *respec