See genericization on Wiktionary
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{ "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms suffixed with -ization", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "generic", "3": "-ization" }, "expansion": "generic + -ization", "name": "af" } ], "etymology_text": "From generic + -ization.", "forms": [ { "form": "genericizations", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "genericization (countable and uncountable, plural genericizations)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "hypernyms": [ { "word": "appellativization" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English uncountable nouns" ], "glosses": [ "The process of becoming generic; an instance of it." ], "links": [ [ "generic", "generic" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable, countable) The process of becoming generic; an instance of it." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "generalization" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English uncountable nouns", "en:Law" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2024 September 19, Scott Cacciola, “Tupperware (the Brand) May Fail. Tupperware (the Word) Will Survive.”, in The New York Times:", "text": "Successful companies have strategies to protect their trademarks and fend off the creep of genericization, Mr. Taylor said.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product." ], "links": [ [ "law", "law#English" ], [ "trademark", "trademark" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable, law) With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "genericide" }, { "word": "trademark erosion" } ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "law" ] }, { "categories": [ "English countable nouns" ], "glosses": [ "An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created." ], "links": [ [ "generic name", "generic name" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(countable) An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created." ], "tags": [ "countable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/dʒəˌnɛɹɪsaɪˈzeɪʃən/" }, { "ipa": "/dʒəˌnɛɹɪsɪˈzeɪʃən/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-genericization.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-genericization.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-genericization.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-genericization.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-genericization.wav.ogg" } ], "word": "genericization" }
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