generalisation

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noun an idea or conclusion having general application
noun the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
noun reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

Moreover, such sweeping generalisations disarm all criticism. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
But if so, how are empirical generalisations to be justified? — Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy, Bertrand Russell
Now a generalisation based upon either of these kinds of unity would be fallacious. — Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell

generalization, generality

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