Generikate

Generikate is a neologism used in some linguistic, philosophical, and AI-discourse contexts to describe the act or product of generating generic elements—such as generic terms, statements, or categories. The term is not widely adopted, and there is no standard definition. In semantics, generikate can refer to the production of generic predicates, as in statements like "Birds fly," which describe kinds rather than individual instances. In ontology and taxonomy, it has been used to denote the process of creating broad categories from more specific items, a form of generalization or abstraction. In artificial intelligence and natural language generation, generikate may describe systems that favor generic over specific outputs, or that produce templates intended to apply across many cases.

Etymology is uncertain; the term appears to be a portmanteau combining elements of generate or generic with a suffix found in various coinages. The usage tends to be niche, and different authors attach different emphases to the notion, ranging from classification generation to linguistic generalization. Critics note that the lack of a stable definition limits the term’s usefulness and recommend defining generikate clearly within any work that uses it.

There are no widely recognized standards or governing bodies for the term. If encountered, readers should consult the specific source for the intended meaning and scope. See also generic language, generic sentence, generalization, ontology, and natural language generation.