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generalization

The process of forming general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. The process of reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

generalization

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

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Simple sentences

The gamma function is a generalization of the factorial function.
Note that we work with a slight generalization of the original definition.
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

Movie subtitles

Excuse me, but isn't that a generalization that's only valid depending on which side of the fence you're on?
I, of course, make no such generalization about you.
The word death is a generalization.
That's a vulgar generalization.
Bullshit generalization. Many sequels have surpassed their original. - Oh, yeah?
Can I make. I think it's called generalization.
That seems a broad generalization. Oh!
I find that to be an unfair generalization.
That's the most ridiculous, crass generalization I've ever heard.
All that's left is replication the pathogen and of generalization for delivery.
Now, there's a generalization that's not even remotely offensive.
I mean, it's a broad generalization, but my guess is, an attractive man who makes pies for a living shouldn't even spend a short amount of time in prison. Without the pie maker and with little to go on, Emerson Cod and Chuck set out to seek the truth.
That's a gross generalization.
That's a bit of a generalization, don't you think?
I, of course, make no such generalization about you. However, I project odds of 1,000 to one against my meeting a more compatible human than yourself. Thanks, buddy.
A major generalization, Mr. Westlake.
Please! - By definition alone, they're inferior films. - Bullshit generalization.
That's an overused generalization!
Isn't that a bit of a generalization?
But bigotry is a generalization based on ignorance.
Seems like a ridiculous generalization.
Of course, this example is a generalization.
I think people do things for a lot of reasons, and I think a generalization is being made here based on. O.J.
Based on a false generalization of African-American overreaction to a slur.
From which no hasty generalization should be made.
In this case, don't you think that's a generalization?
I think people do things for a lot of reasons, and I think a generalization is being made here based on.
That's an incredibly cynical generalization, Hank.
That's not a generalization.
Oh, that's a bit of a generalization.
Crazy is a pejorative term and it's an over-generalization of a number of disorders. what?
But I believe the generalization is accurate.

News and current affairs

We used to be reassured by the generalization that democratic countries seek peace.
The research by the Reinharts and Rogoff is an expansion and generalization of many people's informal economic thinking, which often compares the present with stories of major past episodes.
Of course, no generalization can do better than describe the average.
The answer can't be found in the specific policy proposals of Republicans or Democrats, which have evolved so much over the years that they defy meaningful generalization.

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