generalization
/dʒˌɛnɚəlɪzˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.21 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English generalization From general + -ization.