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generalizing

verb as in make a sweeping assumption, statement

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Sometimes generalizing makes it easier to write things without lots of qualifiers or lists to explain the exact parameters.

Perhaps that is warranted in this case, but there is peril in generalizing.

All sciences face the “problem of induction” or uncertainties that arise in generalizing from observations.

An illustration of the difficulty of generalizing when speaking of matters on the spirit-side just now occurs to me.

Mr Burnet is fearful lest the authority of Sir Joshua should induce a habit of generalizing too much.

It was the imagination and generalizing power of Karl Marx which brought these two movements into relationship.

These anecdotes exhibit but a slight exaggeration of the generalizing tendencies of many modern travellers.

"This is as it should be," he said, with an air of generalizing.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to generalizing, such as: derive, theorize, conclude, hypothesize, discover, and induce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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