overgeneralize
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overgeneralizes, 3rd person singular present; overgeneralized, past participle; overgeneralized, past tense; overgeneralising, present participle; overgeneralised, past participle; overgeneralizing, present participle; overgeneralised, past tense; overgeneralises, 3rd person singular present;
/ˌōvərˈjen(ə)rəˌlīz/,
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overgeneralizes, 3rd person singular present; overgeneralized, past participle; overgeneralized, past tense; overgeneralising, present participle; overgeneralised, past participle; overgeneralizing, present participle; overgeneralised, past tense; overgeneralises, 3rd person singular present;
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Draw a conclusion or make a statement about (something) that is more general than is justified by the available evidence
Web Definitions:
- draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize"
- Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence. It commonly involves basing a broad conclusion upon the statistics of a survey of a small group that fails to sufficiently represent the whole population. ...
- To discuss something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences
- (OVERGENERALIZATION) You see a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
- (OVERGENERALIZATION) In linguistics, the introduction of a nonstandard or previously non-existent spelling or verb form when a speaker or writer makes an analogy to a regular spelling or a regular verb. ...
- (Overgeneralization) You conclude that because one person or agency rejects your proposal that most others will too. Furthermore because you were rejected once, you come to expect it in the future.
- (Overgeneralization) refers to errors resulting in applying a grammar rule to all similar utterances. For example, a child that has just acquired the suffix "-ed" for the past tense in English may say "We goed to the park yesterday." (p. 267)
- (overgeneralization) Conclusion that results when data for some reason are not strong enough to support it.
- (Overgeneralizations) A language practice used by children as they are learning a language in which they apply a perceived rule or use of a word incorrectly. For example, a child may say "mans" instead of "men" to show the plural form of the word "man".