What does overgeneralization mean?
Overgeneralization means (usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing..
Overgeneralization
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing..
Definitions by Sense
- (usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.
- (countable) An instance of overgeneralizing.
Example Sentences
"George Orwell put the easy use of words like 'unique' under the headings of 'pretentious diction' and overgeneralization.
Fortunately for all of us, the rhetoric of both cultural pessimism and postmodernism contains more than its fair share of exaggeration and overgeneralization.
It's an overgeneralization to say that everywhere you look is the hand of man in the presettlement era," says Thomas Swetnam, a fire ecologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Synonyms for overgeneralization
Antonyms for overgeneralization
Related Words
Word Forms
- overgeneralizations
Usage Notes
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What is a synonym for overgeneralization?
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What is the opposite of overgeneralization?
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How do you use overgeneralization in a sentence?
"George Orwell put the easy use of words like 'unique' under the headings of 'pretentious diction' and overgeneralization.
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