generalization   (Sound)

The noun generalization has 4 senses

• generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning -- (reasoning from detailed facts to general principles)


• generalization, generalisation, generality -- (an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities")


• abstraction, generalization, generalisation -- (the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances)


• generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation -- ((psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus)