English to English
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
source: WordNet 3.0
- an idea or conclusion having general application
He spoke in broad generalities.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
source: WordNet 3.0
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
source: Webster 1913
