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
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Within this exact conflict is where Antigravity Academy finds the concept of camp so important.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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Still, youthful rebellion in virtual reality looks great and the concept of online escapes resonates in an increasingly intense real world.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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This Money Mistake Keeps You Stuck One of the most popular misconceptions being debunked right now is the notion that working harder or for longer hours equates to making more money.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Fingal is appalled by falsification; the play becomes a showdown between different notions of truth.—
Isabel Clara Ruehl
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 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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Years earlier, Leonardo had performed his own study of proportions, based on the theories of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.—
Steven Strogatz,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Dark matter has mass, and according to Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, objects with mass create a curvature in space-time (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) from which gravity arises.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 June 2025
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“Generalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalization. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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