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specialization

/ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
noun
  1. The act or process of specializing.

  2. The area in which someone specializes.

  3. The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.

Synonymsparticularization
Antonymsabstraction, generalization

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