| generaliz | I doubt these generalizations. |
| generalization | (n) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles, Syn. induction, inductive reasoning, generalisation |
| generalization | (n) an idea or conclusion having general application, Syn. generality, generalisation, Example: he spoke in broad generalities |
| generalization | (n) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus, Syn. stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization, generalisation |
| generalize | (v) draw from specific cases for more general cases, Syn. extrapolate, infer, generalise |
| generalize | (v) speak or write in generalities, Syn. generalise, Ant. specify |
| generalize | (v) become systemic and spread throughout the body, Syn. generalise, Example: this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system |
| generalized anxiety disorder | (n) an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months, Syn. anxiety reaction, GAD |
| Generalizable | a. Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. [ 1913 Webster ] Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Generalization | n. [ Cf. F. généralisation. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Generalize | v. i. To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| generalize | v. t. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air. W. Nicholson. [ 1913 Webster ] When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Generalized | a. (Zool.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; |
| Generalizer | n. One who takes general or comprehensive views. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ] |