generalisation

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

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

inductive reasoning

• Catalan: generalització (ca) f
• 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
• Spanish: generalización (es) f
• Swedish: generalisering c

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Translations to be checked

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

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