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overgeneralize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overgeneralise |
| Type of | extrapolate, generalise, generalize, infer |
It is dangerous to overgeneralize.
Examples of overgeneralize
overgeneralize
Be careful not to overgeneralize negative reactions to things.
From the psychcentral.com
He will not overgeneralize-just because I am good at this one particular thing does not mean I am wonderful in all things.
From the brooks.blogs.nytimes.com
It might be a good idea for each sides to ratchet down the rhetoric a bit and not be so quick to overgeneralize and demonize the other.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
I stand by the punks, however, I suppose, it's a big mistake to overgeneralize the power suppressing the punks'liberty to Islamic idea.
From the imo.thejakartapost.com
There is some chronic lack of a more objective view on these matters, we tend to get too particular and we overhastily overgeneralize things.
From the economist.com
Thus, we hypothesize that despite their extensive training, players may overgeneralize by means of an oversimplified on-line learning processes.
From the nature.com
For example, beware of thoughts that overgeneralize, are all-or-nothing, in nature, catastrophize, or make negative predictions or judgments without sufficient evidence.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
These results indicate that despite years of experience and high motivation, professional players overgeneralize from the outcomes of their most recent actions, which leads to decreased performance.
From the nature.com
We hypothesize that despite their high motivation and extensive training, professional basketball players may overgeneralize from their very recent experience to their expected future performance.
From the nature.com
- Draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize"
- Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence. It commonly involves basing a broad conclusion upon the statistics of a survey of a small group that fails to sufficiently represent the whole population. ...
- To discuss something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences
- (OVERGENERALIZATION) You see a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
- (OVERGENERALIZATION) In linguistics, the introduction of a nonstandard or previously non-existent spelling or verb form when a speaker or writer makes an analogy to a regular spelling or a regular verb. ...
- (Overgeneralization) You conclude that because one person or agency rejects your proposal that most others will too. Furthermore because you were rejected once, you come to expect it in the future.
- (overgeneralization) Conclusion that results when data for some reason are not strong enough to support it.
- (Overgeneralizations) A language practice used by children as they are learning a language in which they apply a perceived rule or use of a word incorrectly. For example, a child may say "mans" instead of "men" to show the plural form of the word "man".
