an idea or conclusion having general application; he spoke in broad generalities
[ Syn: generalization , generality ]
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
[ Syn: abstraction , generalization ]
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
[ Syn: generalization , induction , inductive reasoning ]
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
[ Syn: generalization , stimulus generalization , stimulus generalisation ]