blanket statement
All-encompassing assertion
A blanket statement is a sweeping generalization that applies to all cases without exception or nuance: The CEO issued a blanket statement that no layoffs would occur.
The term often carries a skeptical tone, implying the claim is too broad to be accurate: You can't make blanket statements about an entire generation.
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- overgeneralizationUnwarranted broad application
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
- broad strokesMain features only
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
unqualified · stereotype · categorical · assumption · prejudice · snap judgment · exaggeration · overreach · bias · hyperbole · black and white · dogmatism · all-or-nothing · all or none · catchall · absolutism · fallacy · broad-brush
- generalizationsgeneralization, generalisation, stereotype, oversimplification, pigeonholing
- oversimplificationsoversimplification, generalization, reductionism, dumbing-down, trivialization
- Sewing Metaphorsseamless, threadbare, woven, patched up, hanging by a thread
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