generalization
An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
Noun
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Synonyms: universalization
Antonyms: 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.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English generalization From general + -ization.
Forms
Synonyms
abstraction despecification generalization genericization universalization
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Derived
genrelization hasty generalization misgeneralization overgeneralization undergeneralization