Word: genericization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ge
ner
i
ci
za
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: generic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A product sold under a generic name.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: genus
Language: la
Decoded: genus
Meaning: genus, kind
Affix: -ic
Language: en
Decoded: -ic
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An action or process