despecializev.
/diːˈspɛʃəlʌɪz/ (a) transitive. To eliminate as a specialist or specialized vocation, subject of study, etc. (b) intransitive. To pass from a specialized to a general condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > give a general character to [verb (transitive)] > remove specialization from
despecialize1896
1896 F. L. D. Herbertson tr. P. de Rousiers Lab. Quest. Britain ii. iii. 190 Service is a very despecialised trade, at any rate in ordinary families, where a man-servant is an unknown luxury.
1898 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 281 The whole tendency of the age of machinery has been to..de-specialise the average workman.
1903 S. N. Patten Heredity & Soc. Progr. 61 The despecialized part is not restored, but a new specialization begins in the part affected by the emotion.
1970 Nature 26 Dec. 1245/1 The report pours cold water on the idea that chemistry courses should be despecialized.
Derivatives
despecialiˈzation n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > removal of specialization
despecialization1896
1896 F. L. D. Herbertson tr. P. de Rousiers Lab. Quest. Britain iii. i. 253 The increasing despecialisation of the worker.
1903 S. N. Patten Heredity & Soc. Progr. 61 Emotion is the same force expressed as feeling, and in conscious beings is the index of the despecialization and regeneration acting within them.
1967 Times 14 Nov. 11/5 A modest measure of despecialization would be to require all sixth formers to study four subjects at the same level.
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