Synonyms:
generic
Meaning: applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"
Synonyms:
generic
Meaning: (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"
Synonyms:
generic
Meaning: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
generic
Meaning: any product that can be sold without a brand name
Synonyms:
generic, generic_wine
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
For instance, a worm, though from man it may originate, cannot be called man's image, merely because of the generic likeness.
And so the difference of corruptible and incorruptible which is on the part of the forms does not involve a generic difference between man and the other animals.
These men who grouped themselves under different appellations, but who may all be designated by the generic title of socialists, endeavored to pierce that rock and to cause it to spout forth the living waters of human felicity.