generalization
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generalization
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun generalizations · generalisation
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
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The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Similar: universalization · Opposite: specialization, concretization, individualization, particularization, singularization
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles. A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions.
Similar: abstraction, despecification, generalization, genericization, universalization · Opposite: specialization
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Closest in meaning: generality, inductive reasoning, induction, transfer, abstraction, carry-over, generalisation, prevalence, mainstreaming, standardization, universalization, introduction, popularization, summation, summarization, pervasiveness
noun
Similar: abstraction, despecification, generalization, genericization, universalization · Opposite: specialization
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noun formulation of general concepts
| Español | generalización |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 汎化 hanka |
| Português | generalização |
| Français | généralisation |
| Deutsch | Verallgemeinerung, Generalisierung |
| Italiano | generalizzazione |
| Română | generalizare, generalizație |
| Русский | обобще́ние obobščénije, генерализа́ция generalizácija |
| Tiếng Việt | khái quát hoá |
| العربية | تَعْمِيم taʕmīm |
noun inductive reasoning
| Español | generalización |
|---|---|
| Português | generalização |
| Français | généralisation |
| Deutsch | Verallgemeinerung, Generalisierung |
| Italiano | generalizzazione |
| Română | generalizare |
| Русский | обобще́ние obobščénije, генерализа́ция generalizácija |
| العربية | تَعْمِيم taʕmīm |
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