[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

generalization \gen`eraliza"tion\, n. cf. f.
   g'en'eralisation.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            generalization is only the apprehension of the one
            in the many.                          --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
      1913 webster

   2. a general inference.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

generalization
     n 1: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting
          common properties of instances syn: abstraction, generalisation
     2: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles syn: generalisation,
         induction, inductive reasoning
     3: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad
        generalities" syn: generalisation, generality
     4: psychology transfer of a response learned to one stimulus
        to a similar stimulus syn: generalisation, stimulus
        generalization, stimulus generalisation
see also:
abstraction generalisation induction inductive reasoning generality stimulus generalization 
stimulus generalisation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 moby thesaurus words for "generalization":
   baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning,
   a priori reasoning, abstraction, analysis, bromide, catholicity,
   cliche, commonplace, cosmopolitanism, deduction,
   deductive reasoning, ecumenicalism, ecumenicity, epagoge,
   general idea, generality, generalized proposition,
   glittering generality, globalism, globality, hackneyed expression,
   hypothesis and verification, inclusiveness, induction,
   inductive reasoning, inference, internationalism, lieu commun,
   locus communis, particularization, philosophical induction,
   platitude, sweeping statement, syllogism, syllogistic reasoning,
   synthesis, tired cliche, truism, universality, worldwideness

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