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Generalization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus wordnet
  3. 3
    The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles wordnet
  5. 5
    Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances wordnet
  2. 7
    An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    an idea or conclusion having general application wordnet
  4. 9
    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. countable, uncountable

    "A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions."

Etymology

From general + -ization.

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