🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Verallgemeinerung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛʁ.ʔal.ɡə.maɪ̯.nə.ʁʊŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Generalization/ˌdʒɛn.ər.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Verallgemeinerung ist ein wichtiger Schritt in der Forschung."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of forming general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.

    "In science, generalization allows researchers to apply findings from a small sample to a larger population."
  2. 2

    A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.

    "The generalization that all swans are white was proven false when black swans were discovered."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'generalis' (pertaining to a whole, general) combined with the suffix '-ize' and '-ation', entering Middle French and late Middle English in the 16th century. It evolved from denoting the act of reducing particulars to a universal rule to describing broad statements derived from specific instances.

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