Generic and Private

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Generic

Generic adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.
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Private is an antonym for generic.
Nearby Words: general, generally, generalised

Private

Private adjective - Of, relating to, or belonging to a single person.
Usage example: club lockers in which private property may be stored
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Generic is an antonym for private.
Nearby Words: privation, privately, privacy, privative, privateer
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  • Film / Carol Chekhov's Gunman: The supposedly generic nice guy who chats up Carol and Therese at the motel in Iowa is a private detective hired by Harge to spy on the two.
    Source: Film / Carol
  • Mega Corp. The Stallone puppet was originally used for any generic war-mongering American General during the first Gulf War; after the end of the war, a sketch showed him having turned to the private sector and it stuck.
    Source: Mega Corp.
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