generalisation

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See also: généralisation

English

Alternative forms

• generalization (American and Oxford British spelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalisation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural generalisations)

1. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
2. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

Antonyms

• specialisation, specialization

Translations

formulation of general concepts

• Danish: generalisering c
• Dutch: generalisatie (nl)
• Finnish: yleistäminen (fi)
• French: généralisation (fr) f
• Galician: xeneralización (gl) f
• German: Verallgemeinerung (de) f, Generalisierung f
• Macedonian: обопштување n ‎(obopštúvanje), генерализација f ‎(generalizácija)

• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan
• Polish: uogólnienie n, generalizacja f
• Portuguese: generalização (pt) f
• Romanian: generalizare (ro) f
• Russian: обобще́ние (ru) n ‎(obobščénije), генерализа́ция (ru) f ‎(generalizácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalachadh m
• Slovene: posplošitev f
• Swedish: generalisering c

inductive reasoning

• Danish: generalisering c
• Finnish: yleistys (fi), yleistäminen (fi)
• French: généralisation (fr) f
• Galician: xeneralización (gl) f
• German: Verallgemeinerung (de) f, Generalisierung f
• Macedonian: обопштување n ‎(obopštúvanje), генерализација f ‎(generalizácija)

• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan
• Polish: uogólnienie n, generalizacja f
• Portuguese: generalização (pt) f
• Romanian: generalizare (ro) f
• Russian: обобще́ние (ru) n ‎(obobščénije), генерализа́ция (ru) f ‎(generalizácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalachadh m
• Swedish: generalisering c

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• German: (linguistics): Bedeutungserweiterung (de), Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} teoiric ghinearálta f