generalisation

See also: généralisation

English

Alternative forms

• generalization (American, Oxford British English)

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

• Catalan: generalització (ca) f
• 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 (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)
• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generalisering (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: generalisering f

• 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
• Spanish: generalización (es) f
• Swedish: generalisering (sv) c

inductive reasoning

• Catalan: generalització (ca) f
• Czech: generalizace f, zobecnění n
• 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 (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)

• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)
• 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
• Spanish: generalización (es) f
• Swedish: generalisering (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• German: (linguistics): ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungserweiterung (de), ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung

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