Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.

    Verallgemeinerung, Generalisierung

    обобще́ниеobobščénije, генерализа́цияgeneralizácija

    узага́льненняuzahálʹnennja, генералізаціяheneralizacija

    the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

  3. (countable, uncountable)Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

    Verallgemeinerung, Generalisierung

    обобще́ниеobobščénije, генерализа́цияgeneralizácija

    узага́льненняuzahálʹnennja

    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

  4. (countable, uncountable)An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.

    A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. All generalizations are false, including this one.

    ruВсе обобщения ложны, включая и это.

    deAlle Verallgemeinerungen sind falsch, einschließlich dieser hier.

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  2. Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

    ruВсякое обобщение опасно, особенно такое.

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  3. Mark Twain said, "All generalizations are false, including this one."

    Макр Твен сказав: "Всі узагальнення хибні, включаючи це".

    ruМарк Твен сказал: "Все обобщения неверны, включая это."

    deMark Twain sagte: "Alle Verallgemeinerungen sind falsch, diese eingeschlossen."

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  4. The gamma function is a generalization of the factorial function.

    Гамма-функція - узагальнення функції факторіала.

    deDie Gammafunktion ist eine Verallgemeinerung der Fakultätsfunktion.

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  5. I doubt these generalizations.

    Я сумніваюся у цих узагальненях.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
formulation of general concepts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
formulation of general concepts:

Forms

plural: generalizations

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

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