generalization

generalization is a 14-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

14 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 28 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
2. noun. A general inference.
3. noun. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

   Synonyms: generalisation

4. noun. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

   Synonyms: generalisation, induction

5. noun. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

   Synonyms: abstraction, generalisation

6. noun. an idea or conclusion having general application

   "he spoke in broad generalities"

   Synonyms: generalisation, generality

Synonyms

generalisation, induction, abstraction, generality

Common word forms

generalizations

Words from these letters

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