Crossword clues for generalisation
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chiefly British English spelling of generalization. For spelling, see -ize.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. 2 inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. n. 1 The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. 2 inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
WordNet
n. an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization, generality]
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: abstraction, generalization]
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: generalization, induction, inductive reasoning]
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus [syn: generalization, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation]
Usage examples of "generalisation".
For crude classifications and false generalisations are the curse of all organised human life.
Economics evades generalisations, and seems to lack the intellectual power to make them.
Such stupid generalisations have been believed with the utmost readiness, and acted upon by great numbers of sane, respectable people.
One in the Many had as great a charm for Baruch as it had for Socrates, and Clara spoke with the ease of a person whose habit it was to deal with principles and generalisations.
In their search for permanence they become unreal, abstract, didactic, lovers of generalisation, cherishers of the dry bones of life.