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over-ˈgeneralize, v.
[over- 27.]
intr. To draw general conclusions from inadequate data; to argue more widely than is justified by the available evidence, by circumstances, etc. Also trans., to draw an over-general conclusion from (data, circumstances, etc.). Hence ˌover-generaliˈzation; over-ˈgeneralized ppl. a.
1904in N.E.D. s.v. over- 27 a. 1937Mind XLVI. 243 He over-generalises. For example, he claims that implicit is superior to explicit comparison. 1947J. G. Weightman On Language & Writing 87 In trying to think with precision we oscillate between two extremes, over-generalization and over-particularization. 1956Nature 10 Mar. 478/2 The properties of larval blow-fly carbohydrases do not completely exemplify Weidenhagen's hypothesis of bond specificity, the over-generalized nature of which has been criticized more recently. 1957K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism 370 Overgeneralizing the experience of a rapidly changing Western world, they naively postulated a simple, unilinear, and progressive course of societal growth. 1970S. L. Barraclough in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. iv. 97 To avoid falling into the more obvious errors of overgeneralization about Latin America as a whole. 1971Sci. Amer. Aug. 75/3 Although Sherrington was careful not to overgeneralize from his findings, less circumspect workers soon adopted the extreme position that most animal behavior consists of reflexes. 1975R. V. Redinger Geo. Eliot (1976) v. 245 Slanted and overgeneralized as are many of its discussions, this book fulfilled a real need. |