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generalisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus, generis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin generālislbor.

Anglo-Norman generalbor.

Middle French generalbor.

▲

Latin generālisder.

Middle English general

English general

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ization

English generalization

From general + -ization.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalization (countable and uncountable, plural generalizations)

An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Synonyms: universalization; see also Thesaurus:generalization

Antonyms: specialization; see also Thesaurus:specialization
Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
(mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
A hypersphere is a generalization of a sphere across more than three dimensions.

Derived terms

Translations

formulation of general concepts

Afrikaans: generalisasie sg
Arabic: تَعْمِيم m (taʕmīm)
Aragonese: cheneralización m
Asturian: xeneralización
Belarusian: абагульненне n (abahulʹnjennje), генералізацыя m (hjenjeralizacyja)
Bulgarian: генерализация (bg) f (generalizacija)
Catalan: generalització (ca) f
Czech: generalizace m
Danish: generalisering c
Dutch: generalisatie (nl)
Finnish: yleistäminen (fi)
French: généralisation (fr) f
Galician: xeneralización (gl) f
German: Verallgemeinerung (de) f, Generalisierung (de) f
Hungarian: általánosítás (hu)
Indonesian: perampatan (id), penyamarataan, generalisasi (id)
Italian: generalizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 汎化 (ja) (hanka)
Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)
Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)
Māori: tukipūtanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: generalisering (no) m or f

Nynorsk: generalisering f
Occitan: generalizacion (oc) m
Polish: uogólnienie (pl) n, generalizacja f
Portuguese: generalização (pt) f
Romanian: generalizare (ro) f, generalizație m
Russian: обобще́ние (ru) n (obobščénije), генерализа́ция (ru) f (generalizácija)
Scottish Gaelic: ginearalachadh m
Slovak: generalizácia m
Slovene: posplošitev f
Spanish: generalización (es) f
Swedish: generalisering (sv) c
Turkish: jeneralizasyon sg
Ukrainian: узага́льнення n (uzahálʹnennja), генералізація (uk) m (heneralizacija)
Vietnamese: khái quát hoá (vi)
Welsh: cyffredinoliad

inductive reasoning

Arabic: تَعْمِيم m (taʕmīm)
Asturian: xeneralización
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 (de) f
Hungarian: általánosítás (hu)
Indonesian: penyamarataan, generalisasi (id)
Italian: generalizzazione (it) f
Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija)
Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms)
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
Ukrainian: узага́льнення n (uzahálʹnennja)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: (linguistics): ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungserweiterung (de), ^{(please verify)} Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung
Irish: ^{(please verify)} teoiric ghinearálta f