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generalised

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Adj.1.generalised - not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal"
generalized
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
unspecialised, unspecialized - not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function


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As for the plot, it came originally from Sicily; but of Athenian writers Crates was the first who, abandoning the 'iambic' or lampooning form, generalised his themes and plots.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
We are oppressed at being men--men with a real individual body and blood, we are ashamed of it, we think it a disgrace and try to contrive to be some sort of impossible generalised man.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
One perhaps was ursine chiefly, another feline chiefly, another bovine chiefly; but each was tainted with other creatures,--a kind of generalised animalism appearing through the specific dispositions.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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