Despecification

Full definition of despecification

Noun

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