generalization
noun
1 generalization
Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning.
Roget 476: reasoning ratiocination rationalism; dialectics, induction, generalization. discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry etc. 461. argumentation, controversy, debate; ... show more
Polish: generalizacja, uogólnienie
2 generalization
An idea or conclusion having general application.
synonyms: generalisation, generality.
Roget 78: generality, generalization; universality; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany, miscellaneousness†; dragnet; common run; worldwideness†. everyone, everybody; all hands, all the world and his wife; ... show more
Polish: generalia, fundamentalia
3 generalization
The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
synonyms: abstraction, generalisation.
Dutch: generalisatie, inductie
Polish: abstrakcja, abstrakt
4 generalization
psychology Transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.
synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization.
Moby thesaurus: Baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, abstraction, analysis, bromide, catholicity, cliche, commonplace, cosmopolitanism, deduction, deductive reasoning, ecumenicalism, ecumenicity, epagoge, general idea, generality, generalized proposition, glittering generality ... show more.
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