generalization
pronunciation
How to pronounce generalization in British English:
UK [ˌdʒenrəlaɪˈzeɪʃn]
How to pronounce generalization in American English:
US [ˌdʒenrələˈzeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- an idea having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Word Origin
- generalization (n.)
- 1761, "act of generalizing," from generalize + -ation. Meaning "an instance of generalizing, an induction, a general inference" is from 1794.
Example
- 1. They suggest that this decreased use of language may also make generalization of the knowledge more difficult .
- 2. However , as a generalization , even the most radical ideas have elicited a response in like minded people .
- 3. Neuroscientists conducting the research know that any small difference in such a small sampling does not lead to an overall generalization .
- 4. Hasty generalization : a generalization based on too little evidence or on exceptional or biased evidence .
- 5. There 's a generalization out there that japanese is somehow imprecise or vague compared to english .