Meaning

1 senses

  1. To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.

    draw too general a conclusion

Examples

1 sentences

  1. You're overgeneralizing them based on how a few of them act.

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Origin

From over- + generalize.

From over- + generalize.

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Forms

overgeneralizes, overgeneralizing, overgeneralized, overgeneralized
Base formovergeneralize · to overgeneralize
3rd person singularovergeneralizes
Present participleovergeneralizing
Past simpleovergeneralized
Past participleovergeneralized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovergeneralize
he, she, itovergeneralizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsovergeneralized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overgeneralized
he, she, ithas overgeneralized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overgeneralize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedovergeneralizer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overfilloverflowovergrazingoverhangoverhaul
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