noun (n)

• an idea or conclusion having general application(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generality, generalization
  

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• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  abstraction, generalization
  

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• reasoning from detailed facts to general principles(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generalization, induction, inductive reasoning
  

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• (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization
  

  source: wordnet30