# generalization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #22,095

## Definitions
1. An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
2. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
3. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
4. An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
5. A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.

## Etymology
From general + -ization.

## Common misspellings (21)
`egneralization`, `geenralization`, `genearlization`, `generailzation`, `generaliaztion`, `generalizaiton`, `generalizasion`, `generalizatino`, `generalizationn`, `generalizatoin`, `generalizattion`, `generaliztaion`, `generalizzation`, `generallization`, `generalziation`, `generlaization`, `generralization`, `genneralization`, `genrealization`, `ggeneralization`, `gneeralization`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/generalization