Antonyms for generalize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jen-er-uh-lahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn ər əˌlaɪz |
Definition of generalize
Origin :- 1751, probably a new formation from general (adj.) + -ize. Middle English had generalisen (early 15c.). Related: Generalizable; generalized; generalizing.
- verb make a sweeping assumption, statement
- It is just as impossible to generalize granite and slate, as it is to generalize a man and a cow.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- There are too many words as well as too few; and they generalize the objects or ideas which they represent.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- It may be said that these were excrescences or city fashions; that one must not generalize.
- Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
- It is easier to generalize in this manner than to produce documents in proof.
- Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
- It is dangerous to generalize from events not really settled.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Nor is it safe to generalize about him, or any other bird for that matter.
- Extract from : « A Bird-Lover in the West » by Olive Thorne Miller
- I am beginning to generalize—the very thing I was resolute to avoid.
- Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 » by Various
- We can only generalize as to when and how extensive this substitution of wheat for tobacco may have been.
- Extract from : « Tobacco in Colonial Virginia » by Melvin Herndon
- When one sets out to generalize he does so at his own peril.
- Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
- Some of the details she had forgotten, as she grew more and more to generalize.
- Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
Synonyms for generalize
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