reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

[ Syn: generalisation , induction , inductive reasoning ]

an idea or conclusion having general application; he spoke in broad generalities

[ Syn: generalisation , generality ]

the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

[ Syn: abstraction , generalisation ]

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

[ Syn: generalisation , stimulus generalization , stimulus generalisation ]