GENERALIZATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
   
   Synonym(s)
   • generalisation (what does generalisation mean?)
   • stimulus generalisation (what does stimulus generalisation mean?)
   • stimulus generalization (what does stimulus generalization mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transfer (what does transfer mean?)
   • transfer of training (what does transfer of training mean?)
   • carry-over (what does carry-over mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • irradiation (what does irradiation mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
   
   Synonym(s)
   • generalisation (what does generalisation mean?)
   • induction (what does induction mean?)
   • inductive reasoning (what does inductive reasoning mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • colligation (what does colligation mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • induce (what does induce mean?)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
   
   Synonym(s)
   • abstraction (what does abstraction mean?)
   • generalisation (what does generalisation mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) generalization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • theorization (what does theorization mean?)
   • theorisation (what does theorisation mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • abstract (what does abstract mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an idea having general application
   
   Synonym(s)
   • generalisation (what does generalisation mean?)
   • generality (what does generality mean?)
   
   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
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • thought (what does thought mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • principle (what does principle mean?)
   • rule (what does rule mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)