generalising
Drawing broad conclusions
Generalising is the British spelling of generalizing—forming broad conclusions from specific instances, or making statements that apply widely rather than to particular cases.
You're generalising from one bad experience.
The word often carries a note of criticism, suggesting oversimplification: It's unfair to say all politicians are corrupt—you're generalising.
Increasing in reach
- expandingGrowing in scope
- wideningIncreasing in extent
- encompassingIncluding all within bounds
- inclusiveCovering all members
universal · overarching · sweeping · wide-ranging · holistic · comprehensive · macroscopic · extrapolating
Mental creation of ideas
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- theorizingForming unproven explanations
categorization · classification · distillation · synthesis · extrapolation · principle · theory · paradigm
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
pigeonholing · typecasting · overgeneralizing · reductionism · cliché · misconception · hasty · caricature
Combining elements into unity
- condensingReducing in volume
- abstractingCondensing to essentials
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
- encapsulatingContaining within a covering
outlining · overviewing · recapping · paraphrasing · essentializing · extracting · consolidating · abbreviating
extending
Increasing in reach
- expandingGrowing in scope
- wideningIncreasing in extent
- encompassingIncluding all within bounds
inclusive · universal · overarching · sweeping · wide-ranging · holistic · comprehensive · macroscopic · extrapolating · applicability
conceptualization
Mental creation of ideas
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
theorizing · categorization · classification · distillation · synthesis · extrapolation · principle · theory · paradigm · model
stereotyping
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
labeling · pigeonholing · typecasting · overgeneralizing · reductionism · cliché · misconception · hasty · caricature · profiling
synthesizing
Combining elements into unity
- condensingReducing in volume
- abstractingCondensing to essentials
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
encapsulating · outlining · overviewing · recapping · paraphrasing · essentializing · extracting · consolidating · abbreviating · simplifying
generalisingspecifying
Stating precisely
particularising · detailing · individualising · narrowing down · pinpointing
generalisingdistinguishing
Identifying differences
differentiating · discriminating · individualising · splitting · segregating
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