# Over-Generalization

> The degree to which making code reusable for every case adds abstraction that harms clarity.

Record: `lexicon:over-generalization`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-over-generalization

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Locality of Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/locality-of-behavior.md) and before [Over-Layering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-layering.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Reusability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reusability.md)
- [Reusability / Over-Generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/over-generalization-reusability.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)