Associations to the word «Generalisation»

Wiktionary

GENERALISATION, noun. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
GENERALISATION, noun. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

Dictionary definition

GENERALISATION, noun. An idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities".
GENERALISATION, noun. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
GENERALISATION, noun. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
GENERALISATION, noun. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates