- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. A general inference. Source: opted
- 3. n. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Source: wordnet
- 4. n. an idea or conclusion having general application Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances Source: wordnet
- 6. n. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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 Source: ecdict
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