generic

adjective more generic · most generic · generick

1. Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances. Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.

   Similar: broad · Opposite: specific, instantial

2. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise. Having in mind Marx's conception of reason as a practical organ of collective existence, and of the object as something defined though not objectivized by reason, we may describe his epistemology as one of generic subjectivism.

   Similar: fuzzy, unbranded

3. Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class. The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
4. Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof. Holonym: familial
5. nonstandard Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex. Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
6. Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
7. Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
8. Relating to genre. Both [films] test formal and generic boundaries.
9. Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal. That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!

Similar: general, classic, indefinite, catholic, common, ecumenical, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific · Opposite: specific, particular, concrete, non-generic, proprietary, branded, gendered

noun generics · generick

1. A product sold under a generic name.
2. A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.

   Similar: blend · Opposite: varietal

3. A term that specifies neither male nor female. […]a male-centered perspective[…]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[…]
4. The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type. Where the generic of an English-language place name has been translated into French, it is essential to restore it to its original English form when translating the French document into English.

   Opposite: specific