generalization
Example Sentences
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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
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
That may be a generalization, but history bears out the gist of what Smith suggested.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024
The economist Kenneth Arrow has proved a very powerful generalization which shows that something like the above situation characterizes every voting system.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
