Generalization Definition

jĕnər-ə-lĭ-zāshən
generalizations
noun
generalizations
The act or process of generalizing.
Webster's New World
A general idea, statement, etc. resulting from this; inference applied generally.
Webster's New World

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of generalisation.

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Noun

Singular:
generalization
Plural:
generalizations

Origin of Generalization

  • general +‎ -ization

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Generalization Sentence Examples

  • However, this is a generalization that does not apply in many specific instances.

  • There is no exception to this generalization.

  • It may be added that we have here no generalization imported from a higher level of culture, but an idea or blend of ideas familiar to primitive thought.

  • The details of the logical method on which its author laid the greatest stress have not been found of practical service; 5 yet the fundamental ideas on which the theory rested, the need for rejecting rash generalization, and the necessity for a critical analysis of experience, are as true and valuable now as they were then.

  • Having accepted these two conclusions, we formulate the generalization that tracheae can be independently acquired by various branches of Arthropod descent in adaptation to a terrestrial as opposed to an aquatic mode of life.

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