What is the meaning of generalization?

Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
An idea or conclusion having general application.
- usage: "he spoke in broad generalities"
- synonyms: generalisation, generality
The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
- synonyms: abstraction, generalisation
Psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus. (.
- synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation

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