Note that we work with a slight generalization of the original definition.
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Generalization
Synonyms for "generalization" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
68 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَعْمِيم noun (formulation of general concepts)
- تَعْمِيم noun (inductive reasoning)
Asturian
2 entries- xeneralización noun (formulation of general concepts)
- xeneralización noun (inductive reasoning)
Belarusian
1 entries- абагульненне noun (formulation of general concepts)
Catalan
2 entries- generalització noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalització noun (inductive reasoning)
Czech
2 entries- generalizace noun (inductive reasoning)
- zobecnění noun (inductive reasoning)
Danish
2 entries- generalisering noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalisering noun (inductive reasoning)
Dutch
1 entries- generalisatie noun (formulation of general concepts)
Finnish
3 entries- yleistys noun (inductive reasoning)
- yleistäminen noun (formulation of general concepts)
- yleistäminen noun (inductive reasoning)
French
2 entries- généralisation noun (formulation of general concepts)
- généralisation noun (inductive reasoning)
Galician
2 entries- xeneralización noun (formulation of general concepts)
- xeneralización noun (inductive reasoning)
German
4 entries- Generalisierung noun (formulation of general concepts)
- Generalisierung noun (inductive reasoning)
- Verallgemeinerung noun (formulation of general concepts)
- Verallgemeinerung noun (inductive reasoning)
Hungarian
2 entries- általánosítás noun (formulation of general concepts)
- általánosítás noun (inductive reasoning)
Indonesian
4 entries- generalisasi noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalisasi noun (inductive reasoning)
- penyamarataan noun (formulation of general concepts)
- penyamarataan noun (inductive reasoning)
Italian
2 entries- generalizzazione noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalizzazione noun (inductive reasoning)
Japanese
1 entries- 汎化 noun (formulation of general concepts)
Macedonian
4 entries- генерализација noun (formulation of general concepts)
- генерализација noun (inductive reasoning)
- обопштување noun (formulation of general concepts)
- обопштување noun (inductive reasoning)
Malay
4 entries- generalisasi noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalisasi noun (inductive reasoning)
- pengitlakan noun (formulation of general concepts)
- pengitlakan noun (inductive reasoning)
Māori
1 entries- tukipūtanga noun (formulation of general concepts)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- generalisering noun (formulation of general concepts)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- generalisering noun (formulation of general concepts)
Polish
4 entries- generalizacja noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalizacja noun (inductive reasoning)
- uogólnienie noun (formulation of general concepts)
- uogólnienie noun (inductive reasoning)
Portuguese
2 entries- generalização noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalização noun (inductive reasoning)
Romanian
2 entries- generalizare noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalizare noun (inductive reasoning)
Russian
4 entries- генерализа́ция noun (formulation of general concepts)
- генерализа́ция noun (inductive reasoning)
- обобще́ние noun (formulation of general concepts)
- обобще́ние noun (inductive reasoning)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ginearalachadh noun (formulation of general concepts)
- ginearalachadh noun (inductive reasoning)
Slovene
1 entries- posplošitev noun (formulation of general concepts)
Spanish
2 entries- generalización noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalización noun (inductive reasoning)
Swedish
2 entries- generalisering noun (formulation of general concepts)
- generalisering noun (inductive reasoning)
Ukrainian
2 entries- узага́льнення noun (formulation of general concepts)
- узага́льнення noun (inductive reasoning)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khái quát hoá noun (formulation of general concepts)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.
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It's impossible to make a generalization with such poorly obtained data.
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The pitfalls of easy generalization are to be avoided.
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