generalizes
Makes broad statements
Generalizes means to form broad conclusions from specific cases, or to apply something more widely.
A scientist generalizes from experimental results to broader principles.
To generalize is also to speak in broad terms rather than specifics: You're generalizing—not all politicians are corrupt.
The word often carries a hint of oversimplification.
Increases in scope
- expandsIncreases in volume
- widensBecomes or makes broader
- broadensIncreases in width
- encompassesIncludes within its scope
scales · amplifies · transfers · adapts · universalizes · spreads · disseminates · propagates
Condensed versions of documents
- conceptualizesForms mental abstractions
- theorizesForms explanatory conjectures
- universalizesMakes broadly applicable
- essentializesReduces to fundamental nature
distills · synthesizes · formulates · systematizes · categorizes · philosophizes · idealizes · models
Restates in brief
- condensesReduces to essentials
- distillsPurifies through vaporization
- synthesizesCombines elements into unified whole
- abstractsCondensed versions of documents
outlines · overviews · encapsulates · boils down · simplifies · compresses · abbreviates · epitomizes
Derives by reasoning
- inducesCauses to occur
- extrapolatesEstimates beyond known data
- concludesBrings to an end
- deducesReaches by reasoning
reasons · derives · postulates · hypothesizes · surmises · assumes · projects · predicts
Makes excessively basic
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- pigeonholesNarrow sorting slots
- typecastsRepeatedly assigns similar roles
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
reduces · flattens · glosses over · blanket statements · caricatures · homogenizes · reductionism · bias
extends
Increases in scope
encompasses · scales · amplifies · transfers · adapts · universalizes · spreads · disseminates · propagates · extrapolating
abstracts
Condensed versions of documents
- conceptualizesForms mental abstractions
- theorizesForms explanatory conjectures
- universalizesMakes broadly applicable
essentializes · distills · synthesizes · formulates · systematizes · categorizes · philosophizes · idealizes · models · frameworks
summarizes
Restates in brief
- condensesReduces to essentials
- distillsPurifies through vaporization
- synthesizesCombines elements into unified whole
abstracts · outlines · overviews · encapsulates · boils down · simplifies · compresses · abbreviates · epitomizes · gist
infers
Derives by reasoning
- inducesCauses to occur
- extrapolatesEstimates beyond known data
- concludesBrings to an end
deduces · reasons · derives · postulates · hypothesizes · surmises · assumes · projects · predicts · estimates
oversimplifies
Makes excessively basic
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- pigeonholesNarrow sorting slots
- typecastsRepeatedly assigns similar roles
labels · reduces · flattens · glosses over · blanket statements · caricatures · homogenizes · reductionism · bias · cliché
- oversimplificationstereotypes, reduces, reductive, essentializes, homogenizes
generalizesspecifies
States precisely and explicitly
particularizes · individualizes · designates · singles out · pinpoints
generalizesspecifies
States precisely and explicitly
particularizes · details · itemizes · pinpoints · elaborates
generalizesdistinguishes
Recognizes as different
differentiates · qualifies · nuances · discriminates · individualizes
- hasty generalizationConclusion from insufficient evidence
- generalized anxietyPersistent excessive worry disorder
- generalized anxiety disorderChronic excessive worry condition
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