generalisation

See also: généralisation

English

Alternative forms

generalization (American and Oxford British spelling)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalisation (countable and uncountable, plural generalisations)

The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

Antonyms

specialisation (specialization)

Translations

formulation of general concepts

Catalan: generalització (ca) f
Danish: generalisering c
Dutch: generalisatie (nl)
Finnish: yleistäminen (fi)
French: généralisation (fr) f
Galician: xeneralización (gl) f
German: Verallgemeinerung (de) f, Generalisierung f
Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštúvanje), генерализација f (generalizácija)
Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan

Norwegian:
Bokmål: generalisering (no) m or f

Nynorsk: generalisering f
Polish: uogólnienie (pl) n, generalizacja f
Portuguese: generalização (pt) f
Romanian: generalizare (ro) f
Russian: обобще́ние (ru) n (obobščénije), генерализа́ция (ru) f (generalizácija)
Scottish Gaelic: ginearalachadh m
Slovene: posplošitev f
Spanish: generalización (es) f
Swedish: generalisering (sv) c

inductive reasoning

Catalan: generalització (ca) f
Czech: generalizace f, zobecnění n
Danish: generalisering c
Finnish: yleistys (fi), yleistäminen (fi)
French: généralisation (fr) f
Galician: xeneralización (gl) f
German: Verallgemeinerung (de) f, Generalisierung f
Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštúvanje), генерализација f (generalizácija)

Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan
Polish: uogólnienie (pl) n, generalizacja f
Portuguese: generalização (pt) f
Romanian: generalizare (ro) f
Russian: обобще́ние (ru) n (obobščénije), генерализа́ция (ru) f (generalizácija)
Scottish Gaelic: ginearalachadh m
Spanish: generalización (es) f
Swedish: generalisering (sv) c

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German: (linguistics): Bedeutungserweiterung (de), Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung

Irish: ^{(please verify)} teoiric ghinearálta f

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