generalisation

Meaning

noun

1. an idea or conclusion having general application
   “he spoke in broad generalities”
2. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
3. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
4. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Synonyms for generalisation

• generalization
• generality
• abstraction
• induction
• inductive reasoning
• stimulus generalization
• stimulus generalisation