genericity

genericity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English generic
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English genericity

    From generic + -ity.

    Noun

    genericity (countable and uncountable, plural genericities)

    1. Genericness, the state or quality of being generic.
      • 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 593:
        The essence of genericity analysis rests on counting equations and unknowns.

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