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generalisation example sentences

1. The business of science is generalisation of phenomena; it is the function of philosophy and Yoga to explain

2. The above is a generalisation, and I am aware of that, it

3. " Professor Owen has subsequently extended the same generalisation to the mammals of the Old World

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an idea or conclusion having general application

the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus