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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky