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1. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
   - generalisation [Brit], induction, inductive reasoning
    
2. An idea or conclusion having general application
   "he spoke in broad generalizations";
   - generalisation [Brit], generality
    
3. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
   - abstraction, generalisation [Brit]
    
4. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
   - generalisation [Brit], stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: generalizations

Type of: carry-over, colligation, idea, theorisation [Brit], theorization, thought, transfer, transfer of training

Encyclopedia: Generalization