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Definition of: generalization

(jen′ər·əl·ə·zāshən, -ī·zā-) noun
1. Act of generalizing.
2. A statement or proposition expressed in general terms, applying to a class or numerous members of a class, rather than covering only an individual case; opposite of particularization.

Most often used phrases:

hasty generalization
natural generalization
broad generalization
sweeping generalization
generalization error
faulty generalization
slight generalization
generalization analysis
common generalization
important generalization
simple generalization
relativistic generalization
straightforward generalization
direct generalization
existential generalization

'generalization' used in domains:

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hastygeneralization.com
makinggeneralizations.com
generalizationbooks.com
over-generalization.com

Statistical data

"generalization" has the frequency of use of 0.0009% on city-data.com forum

"generalization" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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