generalization B2 Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled generalisation US /ˌdʒɛnɝəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #60802 Meanings 1 noun A broad statement that is supposed to be true in most cases, based on only some examples. Saying that all teenagers are lazy is an unfair generalization. 2 noun The act of forming a general idea from particular examples. Good scientists avoid hasty generalization from a single experiment. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a broad statement that is... generality 2 noun · the act of forming a... generalisationabstraction More despecificationgenericizationuniversalization ↔ Opposites specialization Word family Forms generalizations Derived forms genrelizationmisgeneralizationovergeneralizationundergeneralization Related forms stereotype Common collocations stimulus generalization Noun + noun Etymology AI details From general + -ization. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # generalization **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌdʒɛnɝəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 60802 ## Meanings 1. A broad statement that is supposed to be true in most cases, based on only some examples. 2. The act of forming a general idea from particular examples. ## Examples - Saying that all teenagers are lazy is an unfair generalization. - Good scientists avoid hasty generalization from a single experiment. ## Synonyms - abstraction - despecification - genericization - universalization ## Antonyms - specialization ## Derived Forms - genrelization - misgeneralization - overgeneralization - undergeneralization ## Related Forms - stereotype ## Etymology From general + -ization. ## AI Etymology Generalization comes from general + -ization. In current use, the main senses are “A broad statement that is supposed to be true in most cases, based on only some examples” and “The act of forming a general idea from particular examples”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown