Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genericized trademark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
gener-i-cized -trade-mark
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A successful brand name or trademark that has come to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, sometimes without continued defensibility of the trademark but usually with continued defensibility.

Inflected Forms

genericized trademarks (plural) genericised trademark (alternative)

Synonyms

proprietary eponym

Questions

What does genericized trademark mean?
A successful brand name or trademark that has come to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, sometimes without continued defensibility of the trademark but usually with continued defensibility.

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