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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 generalizations
The sample is going to be used to make generalizations about everybody, Turow said, by using complex statistical modeling and artificial intelligence.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Walz said in a press conference on Thursday that his office is working to bring those involved in fraud in Minnesota to justice, but said it can be done without generalizations about a whole group of people.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
The sample is going to be used to make generalizations about everybody, Turow said, by using complex statistical modeling and artificial intelligence.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Dec. 2025
While good psychology information is available online, social media has amplified misinformation and over-generalizations.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
The generalizations about the use and effectiveness of testosterone are at best premature.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Nov. 2025
While most viewers praised the message, others challenged its generalizations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Walz said in a press conference on Thursday that his office is working to bring those involved in fraud in Minnesota to justice, but said it can be done without generalizations about a whole group of people.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
The sample is going to be used to make generalizations about everybody, Turow said, by using complex statistical modeling and artificial intelligence.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Dec. 2025
While good psychology information is available online, social media has amplified misinformation and over-generalizations.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
The generalizations about the use and effectiveness of testosterone are at best premature.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Nov. 2025
While most viewers praised the message, others challenged its generalizations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalizations
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But a more recent line of research has pushed back against these notions, using statistical analysis to suggest that the apparent variations in response are just the result of measurement error and day-to-day biological variability.—
Outside,
Outside,
6 Jan. 2026
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Beau McCall understands the affective power of buttons—these commonplace household notions have captured his imagination for decades.—
Alex Jovanovich,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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The 2023 article was based on findings shared with CNN by international non-profit Global Witness, which investigated Facebook’s job ads and found that ads in the Netherlands and five other countries often targeted users based on historical gender stereotypes.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rolling Stone spoke with two scholars who explain that the clips, overwhelmingly targeting Black women, play on decades-old stereotypes used to slander welfare recipients.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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InnoCube itself is a cooperative satellite with TU Berlin that provides an orbital testbed for emerging concepts.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, this Melissa & Doug Vet Play Set is great for introducing kids to science concepts in a fun way.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Generalizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalizations. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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