GENERALIZATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • an idea having general application
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he spoke in broad generalities
    Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)