generalisation

See also: généralisation

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generalisation

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English

Alternative forms

• generalization (US, Oxford British English)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalisation (countable and uncountable, plural generalisations)

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

Antonyms

• specialisation (specialization)

Translations

formulation of general concepts

Arabic: تَعْمِيم m (taʕmīm) Asturian: xeneralización Belarusian: абагульненне n (abahulʹnjennje) 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 (de) f Hungarian: általánosítás (hu) Indonesian: perampatan (id), penyamarataan (id), generalisasi Italian: generalizzazione (it) f Japanese: 汎化 (ja) (hanka) Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija) Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms) Maori: tukipūtanga 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 Ukrainian: узага́льнення n (uzahálʹnennja) Vietnamese: khái quát hoá (vi)

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 (de) f Indonesian: penyamarataan (id), generalisasi Macedonian: обопштување n (obopštuvanje), генерализација f (generalizacija) Malay: penyeluruhan, generalisasi, pengitlakan (ms) Maori: tukipūtanga 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): (please verify) Bedeutungserweiterung (de), (please verify) Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung Irish: (please verify) teoiric ghinearálta f