GENERALIZATION
Scrabble letter values: G2E1N1E1R1A1L1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1 = 24
Definition
- 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
Examples
- “he spoke in broad generalities”
- “A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions.”