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generalisation

A generalisation is when a theory is formed that a general rule exists about something in the majority of cases,usually based on seeing a large number of facts about this thing form a pattern.

generalisation

(= generality) an idea or conclusion having general application he spoke in broad generalities (= generalization) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles (= generalization) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus (= abstraction) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

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