Generalization - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌdʒenrələˈzeɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word generalization
Brit.  |dʒen(ə)rəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word generalization

noun

- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles (syn: induction)
- an idea or conclusion having general application (syn: generality)
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances (syn: abstraction)
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Extra examples

He made several sweeping generalizations about women.

She was prone to generalization.

You can't make generalizations about what men and women are like.

Word forms

noun
singular: generalization
plural: generalizations
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