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Generalization

Generalization Meaning & Definition
Generalization Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Generalization?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Generalization: abstraction | generalisation | generality | induction | inductive reasoning | stimulus generalisation | stimulus generalization

Related Terms | Find terms related to Generalization: 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

See Also | carry-over | colligation | idea | irradiation | principle | rule | theorisation | theorization | thought | transfer | transfer of training

Generalization In Webster's Dictionary

\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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