Generalization

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NOUN

generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning

reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

generalisation, generality

an idea or conclusion having general application

abstraction, generalisation

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

generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation

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

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