as in stereotype
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
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Recent Examples of generalization
As was seen with the mice, lower 2-AG levels were associated with higher fear generalization.
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Paul McClure 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
The war defies generalization and does not fit into easy categories.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Comparison between palm trees and hardwood trees Comparison concerns only generalizations.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
While such generalizations have historically been used to demonize enemies, there is still a contrived tendency to divide the world into land and sea powers.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
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Paul McClure 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
The war defies generalization and does not fit into easy categories.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Comparison between palm trees and hardwood trees Comparison concerns only generalizations.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
While such generalizations have historically been used to demonize enemies, there is still a contrived tendency to divide the world into land and sea powers.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalization
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Roberts also dismissed the plaintiffs’ concerns that Tennessee is forcing children to live within gender stereotypes.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2025
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Currently, toxic masculinity and the patriarchy are on the rise in our sociopolitical environment, and our culture is promoting oppressive gender roles and racial stereotypes and seeking to control the expression of sexuality.—
Colleen Bidwill,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Yet, the concept of coercive control remains relatively limited in courts.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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These new discoveries by DESI, if true, could rewrite many other basic concepts of astrophysics, and also could explain ideas like string theory.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The 10-round cruiserweight affair ended in Paul’s sixth consecutive victory but did little to quell the notion that the YouTuber-turned-boxer is building his in-ring reputation with a fraudulent resume built on defeating big names many years removed from their heydays.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The overall operations swiftly moved from the notion of targeting dangerous criminal immigrants to everyday workers and laborers — who may or may not have proper documentation — trying to make a living, and overriding local officials along the way.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Such links were particularly pronounced when exposure occurred during the month before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers reported in the study, published in Environmental Science & Technology.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time A sequel, 28 Weeks Later…, dropped in 2007; Boyle and Garland signed on executive producers, but neither were directly involved with the conception of it beyond that.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Under unitary executive theory, there are few exceptions to the president’s authority.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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During May 15 oral arguments, none of the justices voiced support for the Trump administration’s theory that the president’s order is consistent with the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause and past Supreme Court decisions about that provision.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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“Generalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalization. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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