| generalisation | |
noun | |
| 1. | an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization] |
| 2. | the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: abstraction] |
| 3. | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: generalization] |
| 4. | (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus [syn: generalization] |