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▪ I. generalizing, vbl. n.|ˈdʒɛnərəlaɪzɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. generalize.
1785Reid Int. Powers v. iii. 445 The first is by Philosophers called abstraction, the second may be called generalising; but both are commonly included under the name of abstraction. 1827Scott Jrnl. 24 July, [He] has a turn for generalising, which renders him rather dull. 1869J. D. Baldwin in Preh. Nations ii. (1877) 54 Let it not be inspired entirely by the generalizings of physical speculation.
attrib.1861Q. Rev. Oct. CX. 393 Trace that belief..to a separate principle in the human mind; call it the generalizing principle or the inductive principle. 1885Athenæum 3 Jan. 22/3 The generalizing habit of Sir Joshua's mind..deprived him at the same time of not a little insight and penetration.
▪ II. generalizing, ppl. a.|ˈdʒɛnərəlaɪzɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
That generalizes; tending or given to generalize.
1793Beddoes Math. Evid. 153 A man need not possess a very observant eye, nor a very generalizing mind, to notice a few out of a multitude of facts..and to suspect some connection between them. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 347 By continuing to register their observations..they will confer an important obligation on the generalizing meteorologist. 1822T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 346 Nothing, certainly, profound or generalizing, or grand or electric. 1849Grote Greece ii. lxviii. (1862) VI. 102 The conversation of Sokrates was often..of a more negative, analytical, and generalising tendency. 1882V. Lee in Contemp. Rev. XLII. 847 To these purely personal explanations have gradually been added others more suited to the generalizing temper of our days. |