classitis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From class + -itis.
Meanings
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(derogatory, uncountable, usually) The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.
2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, page 175:Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.
2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, page 102: