Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to become generic, especially as a product that is sold without a brand name or as a designation for an entire class of products or services.
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- verb transitive To make
generic (used especially of a trademark).
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Examples
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The secularist who run the entertainment industry wants nothing to do with real Christmas music and will 'genericize' until is become non religious - not recognizable.
Latest Articles 2009
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Hence the limitation; the popular and least risky approach to big-budget titles is to genericize them so as to appeal to the broadest possible audience.
Religion in MMOGs 2006
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And ACLU litigation has created a "chilling effect" that has led to overreactions by public schools like banning the school choir from singing Handel's Messiah and private companies who genericize the holiday season in their advertising.
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And ACLU litigation has created a "chilling effect" that has led to overreactions by public schools like banning the school choir from singing Handel's Messiah and private companies who genericize the holiday season in their advertising.
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It turns out that it is possible for a company to lose its trademark if it doesn't seem to care whether people genericize their product.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post 2011
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Staying on the leading edge of the Shockwave (it's what the art critics call my movement - to compartmentalize, trivialize, genericize me) used to be easy.
365 tomorrows 2009
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The serial strips get the general outline of modern cars, but blur or genericize their details.
Blogtimore, Hon 2009
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[...] up is Brian Cronin of Comics Should Be Good, whose review of Big Crossover #1″ attempts to genericize as many proper names as [...]
Big Crossover #1 Review | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Staying on the leading edge of the Shockwave (it’s what the art critics call my movement – to compartmentalize, trivialize, genericize me) used to be easy.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
ecbrenner commented on the word genericize
To make a brand name, trademark, etc., generic, such as Kleenex for any facial tissue, Xerox for any photocopy machine or to make a photocopy, or google, to search on a search engine.
January 12, 2009