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generalization
A	noun
	1	generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
				(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚learning; acquisition ╚transfer; transfer of training; carry-over ╚generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation ╚irradiation
	2	generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
				reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚memory; remembering ╚association; connection; connexion ╚colligation ╚generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
	3	abstraction, generalization, generalisation
				the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚reasoning; logical thinking; abstract thought ╚conjecture ╚theorization; theorisation ╚abstraction, generalization, generalisation
	4	generalization, generalisation, generality
				an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚generalization, generalisation, generality ╚principle; rule

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