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generalization (iou)



generalization noun. Also generalisation. M18.
[French generalisation, from generaliser: see GENERALIZE, -ATION.]
The action, the process, or an act of forming a general concept or proposition on the basis of induction; the result of this process. M18.
hasty generalization: based on too few instances.
J. Hutton Here then is a generalization of many facts respecting light and heat. J. Gathorne-Hardy What I am about to write..are only generalisations; I could supply a mass of exceptions.
The process of becoming more general or widespread. L19.