Generic
[dʒɪ'nerɪk] or [dʒə'nɛrɪk]
Definition
(noun.) any product that can be sold without a brand name.
(noun.) a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape.
(adj.) applicable to an entire class or group; 'is there a generic Asian mind?' .
(adj.) (of drugs) not protected by trademark; '`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'' .
(adj.) relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; 'the generic name' .
Editor: Olaf--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Generical
Edited by Georgina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:General, common, collective
ANT:Particular, personal, specific
Checker: Osbert
Examples
- It has often been stated that domestic races do not differ from each other in characters of generic value. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Those domains have the generic term of _Photo-Processes_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is notorious that specific characters are more variable than generic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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