generalisation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
an idea or conclusion having general application
he spoke in broad generalities
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- generalise derivation
- general derivation
- general derivation
Sense 2 noun
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Types & categories
- theorization hypernym
Related & opposite
- abstract derivation
- generalize derivation
Sense 3 noun
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Types & categories
- colligation hypernym
Related & opposite
- induce derivation
- generalize derivation
Sense 4 noun
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Types & categories
- transfer of training hypernym
- irradiation hyponym
Related & opposite
- generalize derivation
- psychology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | principle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | theorization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | induce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | colligation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | transfer of training |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | irradiation |