generalization

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noun
Definitions
  • The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
  • An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
  • (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition which includes another's cases, and also some additional cases.

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Affix from English general.

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