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despecialize, v.|diːˈspɛʃəlaɪz|
[f. de- + special + -ize.]
a. trans. To eliminate as a specialist or specialized vocation, subject of study, etc.
b. intr. To pass from a specialized to a general condition. Hence despecialiˈzation.
1896F. 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. Ibid. iii. i. 253 The increasing despecialisation of the worker. 1898Edin. Rev. Apr. 281 The whole tendency of the age of machinery has been to..de-specialise the average workman. 1903S. 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. Ibid., The despecialized part is not restored, but a new specialization begins in the part affected by the emotion. 1967Times 14 Nov. 11/5 A modest measure of despecialization would be to require all sixth formers to study four subjects at the same level. 1970Nature 26 Dec. 1245/1 The report pours cold water on the idea that chemistry courses should be despecialized. |