Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of advancing from a stage of specialization to one of greater generality.
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Examples
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Tally had passed the time fretfully, half-expecting someone to jump her, put her to sleep, and schedule her for despecialization again.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Specials across the continent were scheduled for despecialization, and the last military archives were destroyed.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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People even began to debate surgical “despecialization,” a final end to Special Circumstances.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Specials across the continent were scheduled for despecialization, and the last military archives were destroyed.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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People even began to debate surgical “despecialization,” a final end to Special Circumstances.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Tally had passed the time fretfully, half-expecting someone to jump her, put her to sleep, and schedule her for despecialization again.
SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006
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Tally had passed the time fretfully, half-expecting someone to jump her, put her to sleep, and schedule her for despecialization again.
SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006
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Tally had passed the time fretfully, half-expecting someone to jump her, put her to sleep, and schedule her for despecialization again.
SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006
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Tally had passed the time fretfully, half-expecting someone to jump her, put her to sleep, and schedule her for despecialization again.
SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006
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