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
One of the ultimate dreams of A.I. is generalization: how does your policy do when pushed beyond its training data?
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Grateful Dead transcended any kind of generalization.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Cautious generalizations are possible here, but young Russians, just like those of any generation, clearly have a broad range of views and attitudes.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Too often, people are unprepared and operate off generalizations during talent discussions.
—Stephen Miles, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Grateful Dead transcended any kind of generalization.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Cautious generalizations are possible here, but young Russians, just like those of any generation, clearly have a broad range of views and attitudes.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Too often, people are unprepared and operate off generalizations during talent discussions.
—Stephen Miles, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalization
Noun
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This new rendition is more fluid about gender stereotypes and expectations.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Hills alum also rejected the stereotype that he's been living off family wealth.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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As Season 4 got underway, Williams started sitting in on production meetings, tone meetings, concept meetings, and asking questions.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The agreement, formalized this past May, calls for the MWRD to pay for concept planning and preliminary engineering design while the Forest Preserves will pay for acquiring property.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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As Kerekes explained to me, karma isn’t simply the notion of retribution or some one-to-one exchange of good or bad.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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People don’t start to develop as male or female until about eight to 10 weeks after conception.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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She was officially announced in June 2024, but as a Warriors executive, she had been involved with the WNBA expansion effort since its inception, or even its conception, including sitting on a task force that began looking into this idea several years ago.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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But actually, Darwin’s theory is based on fitness to survive, which does not always mean big and strong.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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For highly social animals like humans and other primates, the native opioid system may also play a role in social bonding, according to one influential theory.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Generalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalization. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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