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 Meaning of GENERALISATION
| Pronunciation: |  | `jenuruli'zeyshun 
 
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[n]  (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus  [n]  reasoning from detailed facts to general principles  [n]  the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances  [n]  an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | abstraction, generality, generalization, induction, inductive reasoning, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | carry-over, colligation, idea, irradiation, principle, rule, theorisation, theorization, thought, transfer, transfer of training |  |     |    |  |