Generalization

[n] (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
[n] reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
[n] the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
[n] an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"

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Synonyms

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

Related Terms

a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, abstraction, analysis, Baconian method, bromide, catholicity, cliche, commonplace, cosmopolitanism, deduction, deductive reasoning, ecumenicalism, ecumenicity, epagoge, general idea, genera