generic

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
noun any product that can be sold without a brand name
adjective relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.

The face that Vinnie built was generic. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Their classical literature is summed up in the generic term Physiocracy. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
In the fishery, they usually go by the generic name of Gay-Headers. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville

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