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Meanings of generalisation in English

Portuguese
generalização
Spanish
generalización
Wikidata

Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

        generalização
        Portuguese
        generalização
        Wikidata

        (Psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.

              generalização
              Usage of generalisation in English
              1
              He has little power of generalisation, he has no skill in abstraction.
              Emile
              2
              Mr. Clausen, I said, overcame the difficulty of the trousers by generalisation.
              Modern Painting
              3
              It seems Gere is not immune to the convenience of the generalisation.
              The Guardian
              4
              We have, then, added a third term to our generalisation about art.
              Personality in Literature
              5
              The study population was small and generalisation to other cancers is not possible.
              Pubmed
              6
              Sweeping generalisation one: most Danish bands feature at least six or seven members.
              The Irish Times
              7
              In addition, some generalisation of treatment was measured in daily life.
              Pubmed
              8
              That age introduces a massive generalisation of the confessional principle, now completely secularised.
              The Guardian
              9
              My generalisation about drinking was not intended to refer to him.
              The Irish Times
              10
              What particularly strikes us in those works is the writer's passion for generalisation.
              Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
              11
              Waters's generalisation than he could from a more personal philosophy of the affair.
              Indian Summer
              12
              Sweeping generalisation two: every Danish band seems to feature a female cello player.
              The Irish Times
              13
              She has not the faculty of generalisation- Ifancythat's the word to use.
              Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 02
              14
              He carved an individual being, not an abstraction or a generalisation of personality.
              The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
              15
              With equal truth this generalisation holds good of the individual in relation to society.
              The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
              16
              Validation outside the Dutch context is recommended for generalisation and use in international studies.
              Pubmed
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              Generalisation through the time
              Generalisation across language varieties
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