Meaning of GENERALIZATION
| 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | abstraction, generalisation, generality, induction, inductive reasoning, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
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| | See Also: | | carry-over, colligation, idea, irradiation, principle, rule, theorisation, theorization, thought, transfer, transfer of training | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen`er*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
g['e]n['e]ralisation.]
1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing
individuals or particulars under a genus or class;
deduction of a general principle from particulars.
Generalization is only the apprehension of the one
in the many. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. A general inference.
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| | Related Terms: | | a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, abstraction, analysis, Baconian method, bromide, catholicity, cliche, commonplace, cosmopolitanism, deduction, deductive reasoning, ecumenicalism, ecumenicity, epagoge, general idea, generality, generalized proposition, glittering generality, globalism, globality, hackneyed expression, hypothesis and verification, inclusiveness, induction, inductive reasoning, inference, internationalism, lieu commun, locus communis, particularization, philosophical induction, platitude, sweeping statement, syllogism, syllogistic reasoning, synthesis, tired cliche, truism, universality, worldwideness |
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