generalization
/dʒɛnɝʌlɪzˈeɪʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Noun
an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
Noun
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Noun
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Synonyms
abstraction
generalisation
generality
induction
inductive reasoning
stimulus generalisation
stimulus generalization