Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Generalization has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
"The detective's report on the case was dismissed because his conclusion relied too heavily on a single generalization drawn from just three unrelated incidents."
an idea or conclusion having general application
"he spoke in broad generalities"
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
"After analyzing hundreds of customer complaints, the manager noticed a clear pattern that led to a valuable generalization about our service failures."
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
"After training a dog to sit only when hearing the word "sit," I made the mistake of generalization by expecting it to obey whenever anyone clapped their hands."
The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
"Scientists reached a broad conclusion about bird migration patterns after observing thousands of individual journeys to identify their shared characteristics."