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spe·cial·iza·tion

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Wiktionary3.8 / 8 votes

  1. specializationnoun

    Antonyms:
    abstraction, generalization

  2. specializationnoun

    Antonyms:
    generalization, abstraction

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 5 votes

  1. specialization, specialisationnoun

    the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose

    Synonyms:
    differentiation, specialism, specialty, specialisation, speciality

  2. specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialismnoun

    the special line of work you have adopted as your career

    "his specialization is gastroenterology"

    Synonyms:
    specialty, differentiation, long suit, specialness, metier, peculiarity, specialisation, specialism, strong point, speciality, strength, strong suit, distinctiveness, forte

  3. specialization, specialisation, differentiationnoun

    (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

    "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

    Synonyms:
    differentiation, specialism, specialty, specialisation, speciality, distinction

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How to use specialization in a sentence?

  1. Robert Heinlein, The voice of Lazarus Long:

    Specialization is for insects.

  2. Andrew Leslie:

    The very end of that evolutionary history of specialization is something like a flower.

  3. Robert Heinlein:

    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

  4. Travis Pickering:

    There is a preponderance of them here, and what we think is this is perhaps a specialization site, where they were working hides. And that is indicative of a very cognitively advanced sort of society.

  5. Joseph Aldy:

    This is a function of how economies have evolved and diversified, you see over time different areas of specialization around the country.


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