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generalization
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Generalization \Gen`er*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
g['e]n['e]ralisation.]
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1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing
individuals or particulars under a genus or class;
deduction of a general principle from particulars.
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Generalization is only the apprehension of the one
in the many. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. A general inference.
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