generalisation, n.
(generalisations)
(generalisations)
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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generalisation generalization stimulus generalisation stimulus generalization
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hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
hyponym
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
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generalisation generalization induction inductive reasoning
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the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
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abstraction generalisation generalization
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an idea or conclusion having general application
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generalisation generality generalization
sample sentences
"he spoke in broad generalities"
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