Overgeneralize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
"And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?"
- 2 draw too general a conclusion wordnet
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More examples"And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?"
Etymology
From over- + generalize.
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