"generalisation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: generalisations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} generalisation (countable and uncountable, plural generalisations)
  1. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (formulation of general concepts): تَعْمِيم (taʕmīm) [masculine] (Arabic), xeneralización (Asturian), абагульненне (abahulʹnjennje) [neuter] (Belarusian), generalització [feminine] (Catalan), generalisering [common-gender] (Danish), generalisatie (Dutch), yleistäminen (Finnish), généralisation [feminine] (French), xeneralización [feminine] (Galician), Verallgemeinerung [feminine] (German), Generalisierung [feminine] (German), általánosítás (Hungarian), generalizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 汎化 (hanka) (Japanese), обопштување (obopštuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), генерализација (generalizacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), penyeluruhan (Malay), generalisasi (Malay), pengitlakan (Malay), tukipūtanga (Maori), generalisering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), generalisering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), uogólnienie [neuter] (Polish), generalizacja [feminine] (Polish), generalização [feminine] (Portuguese), generalizare [feminine] (Romanian), обобще́ние (obobščénije) [neuter] (Russian), генерализа́ция (generalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), ginearalachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), posplošitev [feminine] (Slovene), generalización [feminine] (Spanish), generalisering [common-gender] (Swedish), узага́льнення (uzahálʹnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), khái quát hoá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-generalisation-en-noun-8Rl3dHns Disambiguation of 'formulation of general concepts': 74 26
  2. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inductive reasoning): generalització [feminine] (Catalan), generalizace [feminine] (Czech), zobecnění [neuter] (Czech), generalisering [common-gender] (Danish), yleistys (Finnish), yleistäminen (Finnish), généralisation [feminine] (French), xeneralización [feminine] (Galician), Verallgemeinerung [feminine] (German), Generalisierung [feminine] (German), обопштување (obopštuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), генерализација (generalizacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), penyeluruhan (Malay), generalisasi (Malay), pengitlakan (Malay), tukipūtanga (Maori), uogólnienie [neuter] (Polish), generalizacja [feminine] (Polish), generalização [feminine] (Portuguese), generalizare [feminine] (Romanian), обобще́ние (obobščénije) [neuter] (Russian), генерализа́ция (generalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), ginearalachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), generalización [feminine] (Spanish), generalisering [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: generalization [British, English, Oxford, US]

Inflected forms

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