/ English Dictionary

GENERALISATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Synonyms:

generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generalisation" is a kind of...):

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generalisation"):

irradiation ((Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus)

Derivation:

generalise (draw from specific cases for more general cases)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

Synonyms:

generalisation; generalization; induction; inductive reasoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generalisation" is a kind of...):

colligation (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

Synonyms:

abstraction; generalisation; generalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generalisation" is a kind of...):

theorisation; theorization (the production or use of theories)

Derivation:

generalise (draw from specific cases for more general cases)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An idea or conclusion having general application

Example:

he spoke in broad generalities

Synonyms:

generalisation; generality; generalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generalisation" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generalisation"):

principle; rule (a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct)

Derivation:

generalise (speak or write in generalities)

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