Generalisierung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- generalisation noun A general idea or rule formed by looking at particular examples and picking out what they have in common.
- generalization noun The act of applying something that is true of part of a group to the whole group.
Senses
Generalisierung is used for these senses in English:
- generalization The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- generalization Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
generalisation — full definition
- noun A general idea or rule formed by looking at particular examples and picking out what they have in common.
- noun The process of working out a broad rule by reasoning from particular facts.
generalization — full definition
- noun The act of applying something that is true of part of a group to the whole group.
- noun The process of forming a general idea by picking out the features that particular examples share.
- noun Reasoning that moves from specific facts toward a broader, general conclusion.
- noun A simplistic or exaggerated idea about what the people in a particular group are like.
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