noun (n)

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

  Synonym:
  generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
  

  source: wordnet30
• an idea or conclusion having general application(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generalisation, generality
  

  source: wordnet30
• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  abstraction, generalisation
  

  source: wordnet30
• (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.(noun)

  source: webster1913