Entry Word: generalization

Function: noun

Meaning: an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation <the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals>

Synonyms aphorism, generality, maxim, stereotype

Related Words concept, conception, notion; precept, rule, rule of thumb; adage, proverb, saw, saying; cliché, commonplace, platitude, truism; hypothesis, proposition, theory