Antonyms for generalized


Grammar : Verb
Spell : jen-er-uh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn ər əˌlaɪz


Definition of generalized

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
Example sentences :
  • He generalized, he particularized about the blacks; he told anecdotes.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • “Any ship is that—for a reasonable man,” generalized Marlow in a conciliatory tone.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • Altogether it has been more thoroughly "generalized" than any other natural form.
  • Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
  • This Mrs. Miner had generalized from long experience with her husband.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • Correct idea but not generalized: “They were fools to listen to everybody.”
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • Jurisprudence, as I look at it, is simply law in its most generalized part.
  • Extract from : « The Path of the Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • We can begin with the generalized person in ourselves and end with individuality.
  • Extract from : « First and Last Things » by H. G. Wells
  • In the next the really fundamental and most generalized sin is self-isolation.
  • Extract from : « First and Last Things » by H. G. Wells
  • They may be called (in a generalized sense) the co-ordinates of the lamina.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 » by Various
  • These first true mammals were archaic and generalized in structure.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

Synonyms for generalized

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