gen ‧ e ‧ ral ‧ i ‧ za ‧ tion BrE AmE ( also generalisation British English ) /ˌdʒen ə rəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -lə-/ noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ generalization , ↑ general , ↑ generalist , ↑ generality ; adjective : ↑ general , ↑ generalist , ↑ generalized ; verb : ↑ generalize ; adverb : ↑ generally ]
1 . [countable] a statement about all the members of a group that may be true in some or many situations but is not true in every case:
You can’t make generalizations about what men and women are like.
broad/sweeping/gross generalization
a sweeping generalization based on speculation
2 . [uncountable] the act of making generalizations