Generic and Standard

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Generic adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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Standard and generic are semantically related in general topic. In some cases you can use "Standard" instead an adjective "Generic".

Nearby Words: general, generally, generalised

Standard adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

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Generic and standard are semantically related in general topic. Sometimes you can use "Generic" instead an adjective "Standard".

Anime Catholicism: Garterbelt runs your standard looking church, wears your stereotypical priest garments, and in general represents a generic religion.

Source: Anime / Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Deus Ex X or X Ex Machina - originating from the concept of a Deus ex Machina, most tropes following these naming patterns are puns on the original, and involve either creation/application of gods or an unjustified solution of problems using generic and standard methods.

Source: Loaded Trope Word
The generic computer voice in the first game also plays it straight, sounding like a standard text-to-speech system throughout the entire game, regardless of anything SHODAN is doing.

Source: Machine Monotone

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