generalization

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This is a generalization not based on facts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

There are tens of thousands of undocumented university students in higher education throughout the country, so you can’t make this kind of generalization as a justification for engaging in arrest.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

If Levick shies away from generalization, he too is a composer not easily pinned down.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

But what Jones and Whewell showed was that, specifically related to agricultural land, Ricardo had crafted a huge generalization that didn't map onto the reality of the situation.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

The radical generalization offered it, i.e., its existence, not as a particular object, but as a member of a general group, was too much for it.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov