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genericize

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

To take a specific, usually trademarked, meaning of a word and make it more general in use

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Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

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presentparticiple
genericizing
thirdpersonsingular
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pastparticiple
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