GENERIC NOUN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generic noun" is a kind of...):

noun (a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action)

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