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an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation
the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals
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Recent Examples of generalizations
The sample is going to be used to make generalizations about everybody, Turow said, by using complex statistical modeling and artificial intelligence.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Walz said in a press conference on Thursday that his office is working to bring those involved in fraud in Minnesota to justice, but said it can be done without generalizations about a whole group of people.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
The sample is going to be used to make generalizations about everybody, Turow said, by using complex statistical modeling and artificial intelligence.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Dec. 2025
While good psychology information is available online, social media has amplified misinformation and over-generalizations.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
The generalizations about the use and effectiveness of testosterone are at best premature.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Nov. 2025
While most viewers praised the message, others challenged its generalizations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalizations
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But a more recent line of research has pushed back against these notions, using statistical analysis to suggest that the apparent variations in response are just the result of measurement error and day-to-day biological variability.—
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Beau McCall understands the affective power of buttons—these commonplace household notions have captured his imagination for decades.—
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The class is breaking stereotypes about water aerobics.—
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In one afternoon, the prevailing stereotypes of underachieving Black boys and absentee Black fathers were irrelevant.—
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Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.—
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The concepts making their debut range from Kwame Onwuachi’s take on Caribbean cuisine in Las Vegas to Francesco Martucci bringing his pizza prowess to fine dining in Miami—and everything in between, encompassing a wide variety of flavors, heritages, and more.—
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
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“Generalizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalizations. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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