generalization
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gen·e·ral·i·za·tion (also generalisation British English) /ˌdʒenərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ ●○○ noun 1 [countable]SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATED a statement about all the members of a group that may be true in some or many situations but is not true in every case 〔片面的〕概括，泛论 You can’t make generalizations about what men and women are like. 男人什么样，女人什么样，不能一概而论。broad/sweeping/gross generalization a sweeping generalization based on speculation 靠猜测得出的笼统概括2. [uncountable]SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATED the act of making generalizations 归纳，概括Examples from the Corpus
generalization• Although they embody a real-world claim about how agents are motivated, they function more like a paradigm than a generalization.• In our example, the data seem too contradictory to support any clear generalization about gender and voting.• The limited body of mathematical results describing chaotic control networks makes generalization difficult.• Sometimes the phenomena are so complicated or the evidence is so mixed that no generalization is possible.• Nor is science concerned with just the kinds of generalization that make up a theory of determinism with respect to our lives.• Those who reject generalization insist that history consists of unique and separate events.• In such schemes generalization is regarded as a process applicable to different areas of content.• Comparison of evidence from other countries or geographical regions would seek to confirm this generalization.broad/sweeping/gross generalization• That image is, of course, a gross generalization.gen·e·ral·i·za·tion nounChineseSyllable
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generalization
gen‧e‧ral‧i‧za‧tion
(also generalisation British English) /ˌdʒenərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun
You can’t make generalizations about what men and women are like.
broad/sweeping/gross generalization
a sweeping generalization based on speculation
2. [uncountable] the act of making generalizations
gen‧e‧ral‧i‧za‧tion
(also generalisation British English) /ˌdʒenərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun Word Family: noun: generalization, general, generalist, generality; adjective: general, generalist, generalized; verb: generalize; adverb: generally
1. [countable] a statement about all the members of a group that may be true in some or many situations but is not true in every case: broad/sweeping/gross generalization
2. [uncountable] the act of making generalizations
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