noun reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
— synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive_reasoning
noun an idea or conclusion having general application.
— synonyms: generalisation, generality
noun the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
— synonyms: abstraction, generalisation
noun (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.
— synonyms: generalisation, stimulus_generalization, stimulus_generalisation