GENERALIZATIONS Synonyms: 21 Similar Words

generalizations

noun

plural of generalization

as in notions

an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals

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Recent Examples of generalizations The same can be demonstrated for generalizations of square grids in high dimensions. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026 What’s bothered me, though, is how its backers have anchored their messaging around a lot of misleading generalizations about the state of college sports. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 At last week’s meeting, though, Warsh spoke largely in platitudes and generalizations. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Some called out the statement for making sweeping generalizations about Phish fans, especially when most of the crowd was all kind vibes. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 That includes everything from feeding the lie that Obama was not born in the United States to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries and posts that have sparked anger on his Truth Social website. — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Brousson is an Austin resident and often posts satirical videos teasing Texas cliches and generalizations. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026 Teenagers are tested on more advanced skills, such as making generalizations from a reading passage and comparing information from charts and graphs. — ABC News, 10 June 2026 Of course, if the AI does generalize, the difficulty is that the AI generalizations about mental health might be off base. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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Mesh, lace, metallic studs, crochet and tie-dye competed for attention, while fitted party dresses and washed denim leaned heavily on familiar notions of off-duty rock-chick dressing.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Credibility is affected deeply by strategic cultural assessments about superiority and inferiority, and notions about when, where, how and for whom the credibility matters.

— Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of notions

Noun

Recruitment materials provided by the district promoted confidence-building and leadership activities, including confronting bias and challenging stereotypes.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Les Nickelettes challenged gender stereotypes, broke taboos and claimed unprecedented freedom.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of stereotypes

Noun

No accident that the likes of Lisa Yuskavage, Sasha Gordon, and Mulligan are regularly invoked in accounts of cringe-adjacent concepts like abjection, disturbance, disquiet.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Last year, Royal Palm underwent a $100 million renovation by new owner Park Hotels and Resorts, updating all guest rooms, adding new dining concepts, and restoring key architectural features.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of concepts

Noun

Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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