generalisation

Meanings

Plural: generalisations

Noun

• an idea or conclusion having general application
• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
• reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
• (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
• The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
• Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

Synonyms

abstraction, generality, generalization, induction, inductive reasoning, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization

Antonyms

specialisation