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The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.

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  1. n. The act or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/process">process of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/generalizing">generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
  2. n. A general inference.
  3. n. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  4. n. an idea or conclusion having general application
  5. n. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
  6. n. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
  7. 1. The act or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/process">process of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/generalizing">generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. A general inference.
  8. n:100 n. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles n. an idea or conclusion having general application n. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus