generalization

English

Alternative forms

• generalisation

Etymology

From general +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalization (countable and uncountable, plural generalizations)

1. An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class
2. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.

   Synonyms: universalization; see also Thesaurus:generalization

   Antonyms: specialization; see also Thesaurus:specialization

3. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
4. An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
5. (mathematics) 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.

Translations

formulation of general concepts

• Arabic: تَعْمِيم m (taʕmīm)
• Asturian: xeneralización
• Belarusian: абагульненне n (abahulʹnjennje)
• 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
• Hungarian: általánosítás (hu)
• Italian: generalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 汎化 (ja) (hanka)
• Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)
• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)
• Maori: tukipūtanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generalisering (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: generalisering f

• Polish: uogólnienie (pl) 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
• Ukrainian: узага́льнення n (uzahálʹnennja)
• Vietnamese: khái quát hoá (vi)

inductive reasoning

• Arabic: تَعْمِيم m (taʕmīm)
• Asturian: xeneralización
• 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
• Hungarian: általánosítás (hu)
• Italian: generalizzazione (it) f
• Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)
• Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)
• Polish: uogólnienie (pl) 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
• Ukrainian: узага́льнення n (uzahálʹnennja)

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Translations to be checked

• German: (linguistics): ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungserweiterung (de), ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} teoiric ghinearálta f

See also

• stereotype

Further reading

• “generalization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.