verb
- Draw from specific cases for more general cases.
- synonyms: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
- Speak or write in generalities.
- synonyms: generalize, generalise
- Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.
- usage: "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
- synonyms: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
- Become systemic and spread throughout the body.
- usage: "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
- synonyms: generalize, generalise
adjective
- Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment.
- usage: "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal"
- synonyms: generalised
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